Readers Digest News (NYSE:RDA)
| Latest Readers Digest News Headlines | | Date | Time | Source | | | 03/02/2007 | 2:37PM | PRNUS | Ripplewood Holdings Announces Completion of Historic Transaction to Acquire Reader's Digest Association; Mary Berner Appointed P
NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA), the publisher and global marketer of books, magazines, music and video founded 85 years ago by DeWitt and Lila Acheson Wallace. Harvey... More...>> |
| 03/02/2007 | 2:36PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association Announces Completion of $17 Per Share Cash Merger
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA), announced today the completion of the acquisition of RDA by an investor group led by Ripplewood Holdings LLC.
As previously announced on November 16, 2006, entities formed by the Ripplewood-led investor group entered... More...>> |
| 03/01/2007 | 8:54AM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association Announces Extension of Tender Offer for Its 6 - 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2011
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association (NYSE:RDA), announced today that it has further extended its previously announced tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 6 - 1/2% senior notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 755267AC5) (the "Notes"). The tender offer, previously set... More...>> |
| 02/26/2007 | 6:25PM | PRNUS | Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make the following changes to the S&P 500 and S&P MidCap 400 indices:
* S&P MidCap 400 constituent CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW)
will replace Health Management Associates Inc. (NYSE:HMA) in the S&P
500 and Health Management Associates will... More...>> |
| 02/23/2007 | 4:15PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association Announces Extension of Tender Offer for its 6-1/2% Senior Notes Due 2011
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association (NYSE:RDA), announced today that it has extended its previously announced tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 6-1/2% senior notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 755267AC5) (the "Notes"). The tender offer, previously set to expire... More...>> |
| 02/16/2007 | 7:15AM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of $750 Million of Senior Subordinated Notes by Doctor Acquisi
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) today announced that Doctor Acquisition Co., which is proposed to be merged with and into RDA, intends to offer an aggregate of $750 million principal amount of senior subordinated notes due 2017. The notes are being... More...>> |
| 02/08/2007 | 5:18PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association Announces Successful Completion of Consent Solicitation and Determination of Consideration with
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association (NYSE:RDA), announced today that with respect to its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its outstanding 6 - 1/2% senior notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 755267AC5) (the "Notes"), RDA has received... More...>> |
| 02/02/2007 | 12:48PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Announces Receipt of Stockholder Approval for Merger
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) announced that, at a special meeting of stockholders held today, RDA common stockholders voted to adopt the merger agreement between RDA and entities formed by an investor group led by Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. Shares... More...>> |
| 01/25/2007 | 4:14PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association Commences Tender Offer for its 6-1/2% Senior Notes Due 2011
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association (NYSE:RDA) (the "Company"), announced today that it commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6-1/2% senior notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 755267AC5) (the "Notes"). The aggregate principal amount of the Notes... More...>> |
| 01/25/2007 | 7:30AM | PRNUS | Reader's Digest Association Announces Higher 2Q Fiscal 2007 Revenues, Operating Profits, EPS and Cash Flow Versus Fiscal 2006
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) today reported higher revenues, operating profits, Earnings Per Share and cash flow for the second quarter of Fiscal 2007 ended December 31, 2006, versus the second quarter of Fiscal 2006, reflecting stronger operating... More...>> |
| 01/19/2007 | 12:24PM | PRNUS | Reader's Digest Association Declares Quarterly Dividend of Ten Cents Per Share
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) today declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents on each share of the company's common stock.
The dividend is payable February 13, 2007 to stockholders of record at the close of business... More...>> |
| 01/17/2007 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Home Field Advantage: Allrecipes.com Offers Surefire Tips to Help You Quarterback Your Big Game Party Spread
SEATTLE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Football fan or not, few things bring people together to party like the big game. On Sunday, February 4, as two teams meet at Dolphins Stadium in South Florida in an all out battle for football supremacy, millions of Americans will come together to eat, watch some great commercials and... More...>> |
| 01/11/2007 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Reader's Digest Survey Reveals Surprising Results: Marriage Isn't Broken and Laughter is More Important Than Sex
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reader's Digest today announced results of a survey that reveals that despite the soaring divorce rate, Americans are hopeful and optimistic about their marriages. Survey findings can be found online at http://www.rd.com/ and throughout The 7 Stages of Marriage, a new book... More...>> |
| 12/19/2006 | 5:04PM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Announces Special Meeting of Shareholders
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) announced today that it has established a record date and special meeting date for its common shareholders to consider and vote on the adoption of the previously announced merger agreement providing for the acquisition... More...>> |
| 12/12/2006 | 8:00AM | PRNUS | Something To Be Thankful For, November Sets New Traffic Records for Allrecipes.com
Seven Million Unique Visitors Flock to Newly Redesigned Allrecipes.com Reinforcing Its Category Leadership
SEATTLE, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Driven by home cooks searching for trusted recipes, menus and cooking advice, Allrecipes.com, the world's largest community food site, celebrated record-breaking Thanksgiving traffic... More...>> |
| 12/08/2006 | 11:01AM | PRNUS | Reader's Digest Association Announces James A. Northrop as President of QSP, Inc.; Longtime Direct Sales Executive to Head RDA's
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) today named James A. Northrop, former President and CEO of Princess House, as President of QSP, Inc., the company's schools and youth fundraising division. The appointment is effective immediately.
He succeeds Gary... More...>> |
| 11/30/2006 | 12:54PM | PRNUS | Personalize the Holidays With Satisfying Food Gift Ideas From Allrecipes.com
From Recipe Ideas to Clever Packaging Tips, Allrecipes.com Has Everything You Need to Create the Ultimate Gift
SEATTLE, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The perfect Christmas gift -- perhaps best exemplified by Ralphie Parker's elation upon receiving a genuine Red Ryder BB Gun in the American holiday classic, "A Christmas Story... More...>> |
| 11/16/2006 | 11:32AM | PRNUS | Blue Harbour Group Comments on Reader's Digest Acquisition
GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Harbour Group, a significant shareholder of The Reader's Digest Association (NYSE:RDA), today issued the following statement from its Chief Executive Officer, Clifton S. Robbins, commenting on Reader's Digest's agreement to be acquired for $17.00 per share in cash:
"Over... More...>> |
| 11/16/2006 | 8:30AM | PRNUS | The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Announces Agreement for $17.00 per Share Cash Merger
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which an investor group led by Ripplewood Holdings LLC will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of RDA for $17.00 per share in... More...>> |
| 11/16/2006 | 8:21AM | PRNUS | Ripplewood to Acquire The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. for $2.4 Billion, or $17.00 Per Share in Cash
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- An investor group led by Ripplewood Holdings LLC announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (NYSE:RDA), a global leader in publishing and direct marketing, in a transaction with an aggregate value of $2.4 billion... More...>> |
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