Comments on: MDP: A Look at Meredith Corporation Earnings http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/23/mdp-a-look-at-meredith-corporation-earnings/ Our beat: The stock market. Our job: Beat it. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: MDP: More Restructuring for Meredith Corporation - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/23/mdp-a-look-at-meredith-corporation-earnings/comment-page-1/#comment-21919 MDP: More Restructuring for Meredith Corporation - Stock Market Beat - Our beat is the stock market. Our job is to beat it. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:51:44 +0000 http://stockmarketbeat.com/blog1/2007/01/23/mdp-a-look-at-meredith-corporation-earnings/#comment-21919 [...] When Meredith Corporation (MDP) reported earnings, we noted: This was slightly ahead of expectations, due in part to strong advertising trends. However, the guidance was ever so slightly below expectations. We are also concerned that circulation revenue fell (publishers get paid both for the subscriptions and the advertising.) If circulation trends are down it could lead to lower advertising rates in the future. Although the impetus for the decline was price reduction rather than lower numbers of subscribers, advertisers are usually willing to pay more to be in popular publications that can command higher subscription rates. So it could still be a concern, though it is less of one than had the actual number of subscribers declined. [...] [...] When Meredith Corporation (MDP) reported earnings, we noted: This was slightly ahead of expectations, due in part to strong advertising trends. However, the guidance was ever so slightly below expectations. We are also concerned that circulation revenue fell (publishers get paid both for the subscriptions and the advertising.) If circulation trends are down it could lead to lower advertising rates in the future. Although the impetus for the decline was price reduction rather than lower numbers of subscribers, advertisers are usually willing to pay more to be in popular publications that can command higher subscription rates. So it could still be a concern, though it is less of one than had the actual number of subscribers declined. [...]

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