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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO) is an American diversified media and merchandising company founded by
Martha Stewart Martha Helen Stewart (, ; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail business woman, writer, and television personality. As the founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, focusing on home and hospitality, she gained success through a variety ...
in 1997 and owned by
Marquee Brands Marquee Brands is an American holding company founded in 2014 which owns several brands in fashion and home cooking. Marquee Brands is sponsored by employee-owned investment management firm Neuberger Berman. It has offices in New York City and in ...
LLC since April 2019. It is organized into four business segments: publishing, Internet, broadcasting media platforms, and merchandising product lines. MSLO's business holdings include a variety of print publications, television and radio programming, and
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websites.


History

The company was founded in 1997 by Martha Stewart as an
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for the various media and merchandising ventures linked to the Martha Stewart brand. It went public, via an
initial public offering An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investm ...
, on the
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(NYSE) on October 19, 1999. The stock opened at US$18 a share, but shot up to $38 a share, making Stewart an instant
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. On August 6, 2002, a
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was filed against the company for misleading investors by issuing materially false and misleading statements, and its officers using insider information to avoid losses. A settlement of $30 million was approved in 2007. In 2004, the company previously recognized as expense its estimate of annual subscription-acquisition costs rateably throughout the year. After reviewing this matter with its independent certified public accounting firm and its audit committee, the company determined on October 26, 2004, to change the method of accounting for interim period expense recognition of its subscription acquisition costs. The company recognized subscription-acquisition costs in the period in which the acquisition efforts took place and restated the financial statements. On February 19, 2008, the company announced that it had reached an agreement with celebrity chef
Emeril Lagasse Emeril John Lagasse III ( ; born October 15, 1959) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regional James ...
to purchase certain business assets for $50 million: $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock. With the exclusion of Lagasse's restaurant chain and his foundation, the deal consisted of the rights to television programs such as ''
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'' and ''
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'', Emeril Lagasse's Cookbook library, the emerils.com website, and kitchen and food products. Stewart had served as president, chairwoman and chief executive officer of the company until being forced to resign as a result of the 2001 ImClone insider trading case. As part of an agreement with the
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, she was banned from serving in any role that would allow her to prepare, audit or disclose
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s of a
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until August 2011. In effect, this banned her from serving as an officer of her own company. Stewart rejoined the board of directors of her namesake company in September 2011 and became its chairwoman once again in May 2012. In 2012,
Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...
sued MSLO and J.C. Penney after the two companies decided, in 2011, to partner up and open up what would be called "Martha Stewart Home Shops". Macy's sued MSLO for "breach of contract" and sued J.C. Penney for "interfering with its agreement with Martha Stewart". Both of these lawsuits were combined in December 2013. Macy's goal was to stop J.C. Penney from selling MSLO merchandise that was supposed to be sold exclusively at Macy's. Macy's settled a portion of its lawsuit with MSLO over a home-products deal, however, Macy's continues to sue J.C. Penney. MSLO did not disclose the terms of the settlement. This lawsuit cost between "$7 million and $8 million in legal costs", according to MSLO's chief executive officer
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. The Omnimedia media division stopped printing ''
Everyday Food ''Everyday Food'' (from the test kitchens of Martha Stewart Living) was a digest size cooking magazine and PBS public television program published and produced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO). Both feature quick and easy recipes target ...
'' and ''
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'' magazines while the ''
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'' magazine moved from monthly to eleven issues per year in 2013. On December 4, 2015, it was announced that Sequential Brands Group
acquired ''Acquired'' is a podcast by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal about business history and strategy. As of 2024, the podcast has more than 600,000 monthly listeners. History Gilbert and Rosenthal worked together at Madrona Venture Group and ini ...
MSLO. As a result of its acquisition, MSLO requested that the NYSE suspend trading and de-list the company's
common stock Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. The terms voting share and ordinary share are also used frequently outside of the United States. They are known as equity shares or ordinary shares in the UK and other C ...
. In March 2017, MSLO partnered with
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to have Martha & Marley Spoon
meal kit A meal kit is a subscription service–foodservice business model where a company sends customers pre-portioned and sometimes partially prepared food ingredients and recipes to prepare home-cooked meals. Services that send pre-cooked meals are ...
service delivered by
Amazon Fresh Amazon Fresh is a subsidiary of the American e-commerce company Amazon in Seattle, Washington. It is a grocery retailer with physical stores in some U.S. cities, as well as in London and delivery services in the United States and various intern ...
to customers in Dallas, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas. Sequential Brands Group agreed in April 2019 to sell MSLO, including the Emeril brand, to
Marquee Brands Marquee Brands is an American holding company founded in 2014 which owns several brands in fashion and home cooking. Marquee Brands is sponsored by employee-owned investment management firm Neuberger Berman. It has offices in New York City and in ...
holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the Security (finance), securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own Share ...
for $175 million with benchmarked additional payments. The lease on MSLO's headquarters in the Starrett-Lehigh Building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan was not included in the deal, but Marquee could assume the lease. Marquee Brands owns various companies, including the
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brand, and is a subsidiary of
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.


Publishing

The company has published various magazines, including: * ''
Martha Stewart Living ''Martha Stewart Living'' is a magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), ...
'' (final print issue May 2022) * ''
Martha Stewart Weddings ''Martha Stewart Weddings'' is an online weddings magazine published by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. ''Martha Stewart Weddings'' was launched as an annual publication in 1994, and was expanded to quarterly in 1999. It was the second magazin ...
'' ** special issues including the annual ''Holiday Cookies'' * '' Blueprint: Design Your Life'' (canceled) * '' Martha Stewart Kids'' (canceled) * '' Martha Stewart Baby'' (canceled) * ''
Everyday Food ''Everyday Food'' (from the test kitchens of Martha Stewart Living) was a digest size cooking magazine and PBS public television program published and produced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO). Both feature quick and easy recipes target ...
'' (canceled 2013) * ''
Whole Living ''Whole Living'' was a Health#Maintaining health, health and lifestyle (sociology), lifestyle magazine geared towards "natural health, personal growth, and well-being," a concept the publishers refer to as "whole living." The magazine became a p ...
'' (canceled 2013) Four newspaper columns — ''Ask Martha'', ''Living'', ''Weddings'' and ''Everyday Food'' — are distributed to newspapers throughout the U.S. via
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
Syndicate. Current books are published through
Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
's Clarkson Potter division; earlier titles were offered through subsidiaries of
Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City. It was established as Time Warne ...
prior to Stewart's
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of her business ventures from its corporate umbrella.


Television and radio


Television

On 15 November 2005, MSLO named
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's Sheraton Kalouria as president of television for MSLO. He was responsible for development and production of global programming for
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,
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, syndication and
DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
as well as managing MSLO's development in the area of
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for
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,
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and mobile platforms. *''
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'' ( syndicated, daily) *''
Everyday Food ''Everyday Food'' (from the test kitchens of Martha Stewart Living) was a digest size cooking magazine and PBS public television program published and produced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO). Both feature quick and easy recipes target ...
'' (
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, weekly) *''
Martha Stewart Living ''Martha Stewart Living'' is a magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), ...
'' *''From Martha's Kitchen'' Although MSLO retained no technical ownership stake in
NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
's program '' The Apprentice: Martha Stewart'', the company, its magazines, and various business ventures were prominently featured in each episode.
Mark Burnett James Mark Burnett (born 17 July 1960) is a British television producer who has won thirteen Emmy Awards including ten Primetime, one Sports Emmy Award and two Daytime Emmy Awards. His other accolades include five Producers Guild of America A ...
, who produced the series, is also co-producer of the company's daily
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, ''Martha''.


DVD

MSLO began marketing instructional
DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
s in late 2005 through a partnership with
Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...
, with the first five offerings oriented toward cooking and holiday and special-event planning.


Radio

MSLO operated a
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channel,
Martha Stewart Living Radio Martha Stewart Living Radio was a 24-hour satellite radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 110 produced by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. The station aired a variety of programming hosted by the company's team of experts, covering to ...
, on Channel 110 of
SiriusXM Satellite Radio Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merge ...
. Among programs on the channel there was a weekday-evening talk show co-hosted by Martha Stewart's daughter
Alexis Stewart Alexis Gilbert Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is an American television and radio host presenter. She is the only child of Martha Stewart and her ex-husband Andrew Stewart. She was the co-host of ''Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer'' on Sirius ...
, ''
Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer Alexis Gilbert Stewart (born September 27, 1965) is an American television and radio host presenter. She is the only child of Martha Stewart and her ex-husband Andrew Stewart. She was the co-host of ''Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer'' on Sirius ...
''. Alexis left the radio show in June 2011 leaving Jennifer Koppelman-Hutt as the sole host. The show was cancelled in December 2011 and Koppelman-Hutt was terminated.


Internet and direct commerce

The company's Internet and Direct Commerce segment includes its website marthastewart.com and a
direct-to-consumer Direct-to-consumer (DTC or D2C) or business-to-consumer (B2C) is the business model of selling products directly to customers and thereby bypassing any third-party retailers, wholesalers, or middlemen. Direct-to-consumer sales are usually transa ...
flower Flowers, also known as blooms and blossoms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants ( angiosperms). Typically, they are structured in four circular levels, called whorls, around the end of a stalk. These whorls include: calyx, m ...
business, marthastewartflowers.com. Through an agreement with
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, it designed a line of customizable
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under the Marthascards banner, which were sourced and fulfilled by Touchpoint. This agreement was replaced by a new program with Kodak EasyShare Gallery in 2006. In November 2006, MSLO announced its launch of Martha's Circle which is a lifestyle-oriented blog-advertising network whose charter members included
Apartment Therapy Apartment Therapy is a lifestyle blog and publishing company focused on home design and decor. The website was founded in 2004 and is currently led by Maxwell Ryan. A companion blog, The Kitchn, is dedicated to home cooking, kitchen design, and e ...
,
Smitten Kitchen Smitten Kitchen is a blog for home cooks created and maintained by Deb Perelman. Perelman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Washington University, where she studied psychology and art therapy. She originally started writing ...
, and Charles & Hudson. Historically, the company also produced a print and online catalog, ''Martha by Mail'', which was launched in 1997 and later rebranded as ''Martha Stewart: The Catalog for Living''. Following Stewart's public fallout and the dot-com bubble burst in 2002, the company decided to discontinue both the online and print editions in 2003. The final print catalog was mailed in January 2004, and the online store closed in June of that year.


Merchandising

MSLO additionally offers various home goods through its mass-market Martha Stewart Everyday brand in
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stores throughout the United States, and at
Sears Canada Sears Canada Inc. was a publicly-traded Canadian company affiliated with the American-based Sears department store chain. In operation from September 18, 1952 until January 14, 2018, and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the company began as S ...
in Canada. Furniture and paint are part of the company's specialty-retail-oriented Martha Stewart Signature brand through a partnership with Bernhardt Furniture Company and previously with
Sherwin-Williams Sherwin-Williams is an American paints and coatings company based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floorcoverings, and related products with operations in over 120 coun ...
. In October 2006, the company announced a new agreement with
Lowe's Lowe's Companies, Inc. ( ) is an American retail company specializing in home improvement. Headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, the company operates a chain of retail stores in the United States. As of October 28, 2022, Lowe's and i ...
to develop an exclusive interior paints line, which replaced its previous contract with Sherwin-Williams. The new line of paints, ''Martha Stewart Colors'', launched in April 2007. In April 2006, the company announced its plans to develop a new, upmarket merchandise line with
Macy's, Inc. Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, File ...
(at the time named
Federated Department Stores Macy's, Inc. (previously Federated Department Stores, Inc.) is an American holding company of department stores. Upon its establishment in 1929, Federated held ownership of the regional department store chains Abraham & Straus, Lazarus (departm ...
) launched in
Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...
stores in 2007. The company also announced its intention to design a new paper-based crafts product line, Martha Stewart Crafts, with EK Success, initially planned for release in time for the Holiday 2006 season, which later debuted in early 2007 at
Michael's Michaels Stores, Inc., doing business as Michaels, is an American privately held arts and crafts retail chain. It is North America's largest provider of arts, crafts, framing, floral and wall décor, and merchandise for makers and do-it-yoursel ...
stores. In the fall of 2009, MSLO announced the development of a line of outdoor furniture, indoor organization, kitchen cabinets, and decor products at
Home Depot The Home Depot, Inc., often referred to as Home Depot, is an American multinational corporation, multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportat ...
. On December 7, 2011,
JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC , Trade name, doing business as JCPenney (colloquially Penney's and abbreviated JCP) is an American department store chain store, chain with 649 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. It is managed as part of the Catalys ...
announced the acquisition of 16.6 percent of the company's stock. JCPenney planned to put "mini-Martha Stewart shops" in many of its stores in 2013, as well as starting a web site together.


Wine

On September 14, 2007, MSLO announced that it had agreed to a
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with
E & J Gallo Winery Gallo is an American wine producer and distributor headquartered in Modesto, California. Previously called E & J Gallo Winery, it was founded in 1933 by Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo of the Gallo family, and is the largest exporter of Califor ...
to
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a
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with the
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"''Martha Stewart Vintage''" for sale in six cities. The 15,000 cases to be sold included: 2006
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Chardonnay Chardonnay (, ; ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from England to New Zealand. For new a ...
, 2005
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Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebano ...
and 2006
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Merlot Merlot ( ) is a dark-blue-colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of , the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color ...
(for
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,
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;
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,
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;
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, Phoenix, and
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). MSLO also signed a contract with
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to offer a series of food products developed from MSLO's library of recipes.


References


External links

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Yahoo! company profile for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Internet Archive, 2015.
Photo tour of the offices of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
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