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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Freeh, Jessica
[mailto:JFreeh@nfb.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:41
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Alpidio Rolon; Amy Buresh; Art Schreiber; Beth Rival; Bill
Packee; Bob Kresmer; Carl Jacobsen; Cassandra McNabb; Cathy Jackson; Charlene
Smyth; Christine G. Hall; Dan Hicks; Daniel Burke; Don Galloway; Donna Wood;
Elsie Dickerson; Frank Lee; Franklin Shiner; Fred Schroeder; Garrick Scott; Gary
Ray; Gary Wunder; Grace Pires; J.W. Smith; James Antonacci; Jennelle Bichler;
Jennifer Dunnam; Joe Ruffalo; John Batron; John Fritz; Joy Harris; Joyce
Scanlan; Ken Rollman; Kim Williams; Kimberly Flores; Larry Posont; Lynn
Majewski; Mary Willows; Melissa Riccobono; Michael Barber; Michael Freeman; Mika
Pyyhkala; Nani Fife; Pam Allen; Parnell Diggs; Patti Chang; Rena Smith; Ron
Brown; Gardner, Ron; Sam Gleese; Scott LaBarre; Selena Sundling-Crawford; Terry
Sheeler<BR><B>Subject:</B> NFB-NEWSLINE(r) Adds Five Meredith Magazines to
Lineup<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4><FONT face=Arial>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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face=Arial>CONTACT:</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></o:p></P><o:p><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Chris Danielsen</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Director of
Public Relations<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>National
Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>(410) 659-9314,
ext. 2330<BR>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
title=mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org"><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: #336699"><A href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org"><FONT
face=Arial>cdanielsen@nfb.org</FONT></SPAN></B></A></A></P>
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face=Arial></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Jen
Harken<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Corporate
Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Meredith
Corporation<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>(515)
284-3125<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>(515) 229-7834
(Cell)<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial>Jen.Harken@meredith.com<o:p></o:p></FONT></P></DIV>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face=Arial>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>Adds Five Meredith Magazines to
Lineup<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT face=Arial>New Publications Offer More
Content, More Variety to Subscribers<o:p></o:p></FONT></I></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><B>Baltimore,
Maryland (March 23, 2011): </B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The
National Federation of the Blind is pleased to announce that
NFB-NEWSL</SPAN>INE<SUP>®</SUP>—its free service that provides independent
access by print-disabled people to hundreds of local and national publications
as well as TV and job listings—has partnered with Meredith Corporation <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">(NYSE: MDP)</B> to offer five leading
publications to subscribers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>The addition of
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Better Homes and Gardens</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Family Circle</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ladies’ Home Journal</I>, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Parents</I>, and <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fitness</I> will expand the already-wide
variety of content offered by the service, including magazines that focus on
science, technology, and culture. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Offering more than 300 newspapers,
magazines, and wire feeds, NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> provides subscribers with
on-demand access and the ability to read only those sections and articles of
interest to the user from the publications available.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Subscribers may read their favorite
publications via a variety of methods, including using a touch-tone telephone,
accessing content on the Web, or downloading publications to a digital talking
book player or MP3 player.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Dr. Marc Maurer,
President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “These magazines—in
addition to the thirty other magazines offered through this groundbreaking and
critically important service—will increase the value of NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP>
to subscribers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The National
Federation of the Blind is pleased that NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> continues to
expand the diversity of its offerings to meet the variety of subscribers’
interests and needs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These new
magazines, which are being offered for the first time in their entirety to blind
and print-disabled individuals, will benefit these readers by providing the
information they need to enhance their health, homes, and family
life.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>“Meredith helps
women create rich and meaningful lives by focusing on the three areas that
matter most—their families, their homes, and their health and well-being,” said
Tom Harty, President of the Meredith National Media Group.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Partnering with
NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> gives us the opportunity to provide this high-quality
and service-oriented content to even more women on an additional media
platform.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>“This is
fantastic news for our subscribers,” said Scott White, who directs the
NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>“Meredith magazines will provide our subscribers with content that
reflects their areas of interest.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>With these publications, NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> expands its ability to
provide the blind and others who cannot read print with interesting and useful
information.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=Arial>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">allows those who cannot read conventional
newsprint due to a visual or physical disability to access publications as well
as television and job listings over the telephone, on the Web, or by download to
digital talking book players or MP3-playing devices.</SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA" lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT face=Arial>To learn
more about NFB-NEWSLINE®, please visit <A
href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org">www.nfbnewsline.org</A>. Those
interested in subscribing to the service may fill out the online application
form, write to <A href="mailto:nfbnewsline@nfb.org">nfbnewsline@nfb.org</A>, or
call (866) 504-7300. In order to be eligible for NFB-NEWSLINE®, an
individual must be a US resident who is legally blind or has a physical or
learning disability that prevents the independent reading of newspapers.
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Arial>About the National
Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>With more than
50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most
influential membership organization of blind people in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, education,
research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is the leading
force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region> for the blind led by the
blind.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Arial>About Meredith
Corporation<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><BR><FONT face=Arial>Meredith
Corporation (NYSE: MDP; www.meredith.com) is the leading media and marketing
company serving American women. Meredith features multiple well-known national
brands – including Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, Family Circle, Ladies'
Home Journal, Fitness, More and American Baby – along with local television
brands in fast-growing markets. Meredith is the industry leader in creating
content in key consumer interest areas such as home, family, health and wellness
and self-development. Meredith uses multiple distribution platforms – including
print, television, online, mobile, Tablets, and video – to give consumers
content they desire and to deliver the messages of its advertising and marketing
partners. According to the Advertising Industry Reports (AIR) survey of over
1,500 agency and marketing professionals, Meredith is the nation’s “Highest
Rated Media Company.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><BR><FONT
face=Arial>Additionally, Meredith uses its many assets to create powerful custom
marketing solutions for many of the nation's top brands and companies. Meredith
has significantly added to its marketing solution capabilities in recent years
through the acquisition of cutting-edge companies in areas such as digital,
mobile, word-of-mouth, social and database marketing.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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