Meredith has changed strategy for Oxmoor House, the 40-year-old cooking and crafts trade book publisher acquired as part of their purchase of Time Inc. (which in turn had acquired Oxmoor when it bought Southern Progress in 1985). Going forward they intend to license the Oxmoor list to another trade publisher — as the company has done with Meredith trade books since 2008, first through John Wiley and currently through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Chief communications officer Art Slusark notes that, “As of this time, we have not selected a licensing partner.” Meredith laid off approximately 200 employees in a new round […]
