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CORPORATE INFORMATION

Reader’s Digest Association is a global multi−brand media and marketing company that educates, entertains and connects audiences around the world. We are dedicated to providing our customers with the inspiration, ideas and tools that simplify and enrich their lives.

Company Information

Headquarters: Pleasantville, New York
Ownership: Privately held
Founded in: 1922, by DeWitt and Lila Wallace
RDA offices located in: 45 countries
RDA products sold in: 79 countries
Employees, global: 5,000
Customers, global: 100 million households
Consolidated revenues: $2.9 billion

Magazines

92 globally including 50 editions of Reader’s Digest
Global circulation, all titles: 39 million
Global readership, all titles: More than 100 million
Languages, Reader’s Digest: 21
Global circulation, Reader’s Digest: 17 million
Global readers, Reader’s Digest: Almost 70 million
Selecciones global circulation: 6.8 million

RDA Interactive

Websites, global: 65 branded sites
Total web traffic: 18 million unique visitors per month
Total page views: 250 million page views per month

Operating Divisions

IN THE UNITED STATES

Reader’s Digest Community Affinity

  • Reader’s Digest, the nation’s largest paid-circulation magazine
  • ReadersDigest.com, the website and online community
  • Reader’s Digest Large Print edition
  • Adult and Children’s Book Publishing (Trade)
  • Reading Series, including Select Editions (formerly Condensed Books)
  • Other publications, including World Almanac and books from China
  • RD Music (collections, single recordings and online downloads)

Food & Entertaining Affinity

  • The largest U.S. food publisher
  • Taste of Home, largest-selling food and cooking magazine in the world
  • Every Day with Rachael Ray (1.7 million circulation)
  • Allrecipes.com online home-cooks community
  • Other Taste of Home magazines include Healthy Cooking, Taste of Home’s Simple & Delicious and Cooking for 2
  • Best−selling Taste of Home cookbooks and other food-related books
  • Taste of Home−branded cooking schools
  • Websites for all leading publications

Home & Garden Affinity

  • The largest U.S. DIY magazine: The Family Handyman
  • Birds & Blooms, backyarder’s magazine
  • Reminisce, nostalgia magazine
  • Backyard Living, Country, Farm & Ranch magazines
  • New Homeowner and home books offered through direct mail and trade publishing, as well as bookazines and SIPs, tours, DVDs and websites

Health & Wellness

  • Health books via direct mail and trade publishing
  • Bookazines for sale at retail

School & Educational Services

  • Weekly Reader, publishing 12 magazines as well as educational products
  • CompassLearning, a leading educational software company
  • Websites for all businesses

INTERNATIONAL

  • In 79 countries
  • Books, magazines, music and videos, the global Time Life business, English as a foreign language and other products
  • 92 magazines published globally, including 50 editions of Reader’s Digest sold in more than 60 countries
  • Global offices in 45 countries with 66 office locations
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