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Joe Warren’s Purpose-Driven Magazine (Mediabuyerplanner)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:34:34 GMT

The popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren - author of The Purpose-Driven Life - is said to be in talks with Reader's Digest Association about a magazine, possibly called Purpose. Of the magazine,...

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Time Inc. Buys Subscription Source From Reader's Digest (Advertising Age - MediaWorks)

smazzocchi@adage.com (Sherry Mazzocchi) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:59:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- QSP, the company that takes orders for magazine subscriptions as a way for schools and community groups to raise funds, is changing hands. Time Inc. will acquire the subsidiary from Reader's Digest Association for $110 million in cash.

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Time Inc. Strange Buy: Acquiring Reader's Digest School Funding Raising Unit QSP For $110 Million (Paidcontent)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:06:28 GMT

Huh. No, really...get school-aged kids to flog magazines door to door to bolster revenues. Time Inc. has bought out QSP , a school and youth groups fundraising company that was part of Reader's Digest Association, for $110 million in cash. RD is owned by PE firm Ripplewood Holdings. For Time Inc, the fit is, well, I'll let them describe it: "It sees fundraising as a growing area for subscriptions...

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Time Inc. to Acquire QSP Schools and Youth Fundraising Unit From Reader's Digest Association (PR News Wire )

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK and PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Inc. and The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Time Inc. to acquire QSP, Inc., RDA's school and youth groups fundraising company. The purchase price will be $110 million cash. The companies expect to close the transaction shortly after receipt of regulatory approvals...

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The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Extends Registered Exchange Offer For Its 9% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2017 (PR News Wire )

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:27:00 GMT

... to such persons and in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law. About RDA The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global multi-brand media and marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world. RDA is dedicated to providing its customers with the inspiration, ideas and tools that simplify and enrich their lives. RDA's corporate headquarters...

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Reader's Digest sells Brookfield 'party plan' business (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:30:34 GMT

The Reader's Digest Association Inc., said Monday that it has sold the stock of Taste of Home Entertaining Inc. of Brookfield to a group of private investors led by Eric Schrier, former president and CEO of Reader's Digest. (RDA)

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Quebecor World Inc.: Quebecor World Announces $55 Million Multi-Year Print Agreement With Reader's Digest Association (Market Wire - Media and Entertainment)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:11:00 GMT

MONTREAL, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) Quebecor World Inc. (TSX: IQW) today announced it has reached a new multi-year agreement valued at approximately $55 million with Reader's Digest Association to print magazines and books for the New York-based publisher. The agreement includes renewal work on titles such as Family Handyman, Reader's Digest Large Print, Weekly Reader, QVC books and Select Editions...

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The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Commences Registered Exchange Offer for its 9% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2017 (PR News Wire )

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:56:00 GMT

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Marketing deal on ShoptoCook menu (The Business First of Buffalo)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:35:48 GMT

ShoptoCook Inc. has entered into a media content agreement with The Reader's Digest Association.

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Kerry Hatch Made President of School & Educational Services at RDA (News On Women)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:06:57 GMT

Reader's Digest Association Inc. appointed Kerry Hatch President of its School & Educational Services Division. Kerry had been President of QSP Inc, the Company's schools and youth fundraising division. Read more about it in the prnewswire press release on yahoo.com.

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Kerry Hatch is Named President of School & Educational Services for the Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (PR News Wire )

Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:00 GMT

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Kerry D. Hatch has been named President of the School & Educational Services (SES) division of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., it was announced today by Mary Berner, President and Chief Executive Officer. Hatch will report to Berner and serve on the company's Executive Committee. (Photo: ) Hatch was promoted from President of QSP, Inc.,...

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Reader's Digest to Launch 'Healthy Cooking' (Advertising Age - MediaWorks)

nives@adage.com (Nat Ives) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:10:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The Reader's Digest Association is continuing its transformation under former Fairchild chief Mary Berner, killing off its Light & Tasty brand next month and shifting its paid circulation of 500,000 to a new magazine called Healthy Cooking.

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Reader's Digest Association selects Nstein's solutions for content management (PR News Wire )

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Scale and efficiency drives publisher to choose Nstein's Digital Asset Management and Text Mining Engine MONTREAL, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in online publishing solutions for newspapers, magazines and online content providers, announced today that The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), the global publisher and direct...

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Todd McCarty Is Named SVP Global Human Resources for The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (PR News Wire )

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:02:00 GMT

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Berner, President and Chief Executive Officer for The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), announced today that Todd C. McCarty has been named Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources for the company effective March 1. McCarty succeeds Lisa Cribari and will report to Berner and serve as a member of the company's Executive...

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Reader's Digest Association and The Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company Announce the Launch of 'Puzhi' Magazine in China (PR News Wire )

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:32:00 GMT

SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA), global publisher and marketer of books, magazines, music and video, and The Shanghai Press and Publishing Development Company (SPPD), today announced the launch of a new publication -- Puzhi magazine in China. Puzhi will be published by Puzhi Magazine Incorporated, a wholly owned enterprise of...

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Consumer Business Magazines: What Does it Take? (ScribeMedia)

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:36:17 GMT

... of Marketing and Business Development for BusinessWeek. Previously, Keith was VP of New Media at Reader’s Digest Association, where he launched Readers Digest Health with Web MD and ReadersDigest.com. He started his career as a consultant with Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York before moving to Unilever as a brand manager. David Carey Publisher, Condé...

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Memo Pad: In and Out... Europe, via Manhattan... U.K. House & Garden in Bloom... (Women's Wear Daily)

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:21:10 GMT

Mary Berner made yet another high-level change at Reader's Digest Association, poaching Peggy Northrop, editor in chief of More since 2004, to help revamp the aging flagship title.

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Editor of More Replaces One at Reader’s Digest (New York Times)

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:13:35 GMT

The domestic edition of Reader’s Digest has replaced its editor in chief, Jacqueline Leo, hiring Peggy Northrop away from the Meredith Corporation's More magazine.

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Peggy Northrop Named Editor-In-Chief at Reader's Digest (News On Women)

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:37:16 GMT

Reader's Digest Association Inc. appointed Peggy Northrop U.S. Editor-In-Chief of Reader's Digest. Peggy had been Editor-In-Chief of Meredith's More Magazine. Read more about it in the prnewswire press release. (Image borrowed from magazine.org.)

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'More' Editor Jumps to 'Reader's Digest' (Advertising Age - MediaWorks)

nives@adage.com — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:57:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Peggy Northrop is leaving her post as editor in chief at More magazine to become editor in chief of Reader's Digest, the magazines' publishers said today. Jacqueline Leo, who has been editor in chief at Reader's Digest since 2001, is leaving.

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