<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Freeh,Jessica
(by way of David Andrews <dandrews@visi.com>)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
March 24, 2011 9:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbnet-members-list]
NFB-NEWSLINE(r) Adds Five Meredith Magazinesto Lineup<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
size=4><B>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<BR><BR></FONT> <BR><BR>CONTACT:<BR><BR></B>Chris
Danielsen<BR><BR>Director of Public Relations<BR><BR>National Federation of the
Blind<BR><BR>(410) 659-9314, ext. 2330<BR>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<BR><BR><B><A
href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</A><BR><BR></B> <BR><BR>Jen
Harken<BR><BR>Corporate Communications Manager<BR><BR>Meredith
Corporation<BR><BR>(515) 284-3125<BR><BR>(515) 229-7834
(Cell)<BR><BR>Jen.Harken@meredith.com<BR><BR> <BR><BR>
<DIV align=center><BR><BR><B>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>® </SUP>Adds Five Meredith
Magazines to Lineup<BR><BR> <BR><BR><I>New Publications Offer More Content,
More Variety to Subscribers<BR><BR> <BR><BR></I></DIV>Baltimore, Maryland
(March 23, 2011): </B>The National Federation of the Blind is pleased to
announce that NFB-NEWSLINE<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 listingshas partnered with Meredith
Corporation <B>(NYSE: MDP)</B> to offer five leading publications to
subscribers. <BR><BR> <BR><BR>The addition of <I>Better Homes and
Gardens</I>, <I>Family Circle</I>, <I>Ladies’ Home Journal</I>, <I>Parents</I>,
and <I>Fitness</I> will expand the already-wide variety of content offered by
the service, including magazines that focus on science, technology, and
culture. 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. 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.<BR><BR> <BR><BR>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of
the National Federation of the Blind, said: “These magazinesin addition to
the thirty other magazines offered through this groundbreaking and critically
important servicewill increase the value of NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> to
subscribers. 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. 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.”<BR><BR> <BR><BR>“Meredith helps women create rich and meaningful
lives by focusing on the three areas that matter mosttheir families, their
homes, and their health and well-being,” said Tom Harty, President of the
Meredith National Media Group. “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.”<BR><BR> <BR><BR>“This is fantastic news for our subscribers,”
said Scott White, who directs the NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> program.
“Meredith magazines will provide our subscribers with content that reflects
their areas of interest. 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.”<BR><BR> <BR><BR>NFB-NEWSLINE<SUP>®</SUP> 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.<BR><BR> <BR><BR>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.
<BR><BR> <BR><BR> <BR><BR>
<DIV align=center><B>###<BR><BR></B></DIV> <BR><BR><B> <BR><BR>About
the National Federation of the Blind<BR><BR></B> <BR><BR>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 United States.
The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research,
technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It
is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind
Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United States
for the blind led by the blind.<BR><BR><B> <BR><BR>About Meredith
Corporation<BR><BR><BR></B>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.”<BR><BR><BR>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.<BR><BR> <BR></BODY></HTML>