Meredith Corporation to Webcast Investor Conference

Meredith Corporation to Webcast Investor Conference

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Meredith Corporation (NYSE:MDP) will webcast its Investor Conference at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, September 12, 2005. The live webcast will be accessible to the public on the Company's web site, http://www.meredith.com/ and an audio archive will be available through September 19, 2005. A transcript of the conference will be posted to the Company's web site.

Additionally, the Company will furnish the Investor Conference presentation to the SEC as an 8-K. To access the text, go to the Investor Information section and click on SEC Filings.

Certain data contained in the presentation will be in conformance with Regulation G, in which the SEC addresses the usage and disclosure of non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) financial results. Financial statements that present GAAP and non-GAAP results and supporting tables that reconcile them will be posted on the Company's web site. To access this data, go to the Investor Information section of the Company's web site and click on GAAP-Non-GAAP Reconciliation.

ABOUT MEREDITH CORPORATION

Meredith ( http://www.meredith.com/ ) is one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, integrated marketing and interactive media. The Meredith Publishing Group is the leading magazine publisher serving women, reaching more than 75 million American women. The group features 25 subscription magazines -- including Better Homes and Gardens, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, Child, Fitness, Family Circle and American Baby -- and approximately 150 special interest publications. Meredith owns or operates 14 television stations, including properties in top-25 markets such as Atlanta, Phoenix and Portland, and an AM radio station.

Meredith has approximately 350 books in print and has established marketing relationships with some of America's leading companies including The Home Depot, DIRECTV, DaimlerChrysler, Wal-Mart and Carnival Cruise Lines. Meredith's consumer database, which contains approximately 80 million names, is one of the largest domestic databases among media companies and enables magazine and television advertisers to target marketing campaigns precisely. Additionally, Meredith has an extensive Internet presence that includes 32 web sites and strategic alliances with leading Internet destinations.

Source: Meredith Corporation

CONTACT: Shareholders and Financial Analysts, Jim Jacobson, Director of Investor Relations, +1-515-284-2633, or jim.jacobson@meredith.com , or Media, Art Slusark, Vice President-Corporate Communications, +1-515-284-3404, or art.slusark@meredith.com , both of Meredith Corporation

Web site: http://www.meredith.com/

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