The Taunton Press has sold Fine Cooking to Meredith

Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips client, The Taunton Press, has sold Fine Cooking, the preferred media platform for avid cooking enthusiasts, to Meredith Corporation.

About The Taunton Press: The Taunton Press is a consumer-based media company with category-leading brands that inspire and inform over 14 million passionate makers across a wide range of premium platforms and products. We help our audiences create with their hands, their head and their heart. We’re known for our five iconic magazines, and our more recent ventures include an Emmy-nominated TV series, in-person events, and podcasts that reach an ever-growing community of enthusiasts.

About Meredith Corporation: Meredith’s National Media Group reaches nearly 200 million unduplicated American consumers every month, including 80 percent of U.S. Millennials. Meredith is a leader in creating content across media platforms and life stages in key consumer interest areas such as celebrity, food, lifestyle, home, parenting, beauty, fashion, news and sports. Meredith also features robust brand licensing activities including more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 5,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. and at walmart.com., as well as innovative business-to-business marketing solutions provided by Meredith Xcelerated Marketing.

Details
Transaction TypeM&A Sell-side
ClientThe Taunton Press
Sold ToMeredith Corporation
IndustryMedia
DateJune 2020