1st Quarter - Report

MEREDITH CORPORATION for MEREDITH CORPORATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$118,768
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 1409, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009-opposing card check and other new provisions and eliminating secret ballot elections. S. 560, Employee Free Choice Act of 2009-opposing card check and other new provisions and eliminating secret ballot elections.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT Director of Government Relations

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: S. 560 (111th), H.R. 1409 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1083 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act fo 2009 re: taxable nexus revisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT Director of Government Relations

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1083 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1256. Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Restrictions on advertising provisions.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT Director of Government Relations

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1256 (111th)

Postal POS

H.R. 1: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Postal retiree health benefits relief to be included in stimulus bill. H.R. 22 To Amend Chapter 89 of Title 5, United States Code, to allow the USPS to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT Director of Government Relations

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 22 (111th), H.R. 1 (111th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

H.R. 848. "The Performance Royalties Act" opposed any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge that would be levied on broadcasters. H. Con. Res. 49. "The Local Radio Freedom Act". Opposed any new performance fee, tax, royalty or other charge that would be levied on broadcasters. S. 328 "DTV Delay Act" concerning delay in the DTV digital conversion date. HR 927: Satellite Consumers' Right to Local Channels Act re: local carriage of all television channels. Other Issues with no Bill Numbers or Titles Assigned at Present Time: * Preserving Designated Market Areas * Satellite Viewer Act * Retransmission Consent * Political Advertising * Prescription Drug Advertising * Children's Advertising * Food Advertising * Localism Rules

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JERRY HADENFELDT Director of Government Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 49 (111th), H.R. 927 (111th), H.R. 848 (111th), S. 328 (111th)

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.