1st Quarter - Report

MEREDITH CORPORATION for MEREDITH CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$80,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Postal POS

HR 2748 - Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Chairman Issa's postal reform bill, generally supported. S.1486 - Postal Reform Act of 2013 - Support for Sen. Baldwin amendment to remove Section 301 from the bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1486 (113th), H.R. 2748 (113th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

- HR 3719 - Video Choice Act of 2013 - provisions altering current TV carriage and retransmission consent. - HR 3720 - Next Generation Television Marketplace Act - provisions altering current TV carriage law and retransmission consent negotiations opposed.- Discussion Draft of Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) - concerns on provisions for charges to cable carriage in Tier One for local television stations and retransmission process changes. - H Con Res 16 and S. Con. Res. 6 - the local Radio Freedom Act resolutions opposing a broader performance tax. - Other issues with no separate Bill Numbers or Titles assigned at present time: * Spectrum Auctions and Allocations * Political Advertising * Limits on Prescription Medication Advertising * Children's Advertising on Food * Broadcast Radio in Mobile Phones

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3720 (113th), S.Con.Res. 6 (113th), H.Con.Res. 16 (113th), H.R. 3719 (113th)

Advertising ADV

Issues with no separate Bill Titles assigned at present time: *Advertising expense tax deductibility - support the continued current, full deduction for advertising expenditures.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.