Case Study: Meredith Corporation achieves faster, more accurate SEC reporting with Workiva's Wdesk

For Meredith Corporation Success Starts with Service

Meredith Corporation, a $1.4 billion media and marketing company based in Des Moines, faced a clumsy, spreadsheet-based SEC reporting process that required long hours and made XBRL tagging complex and time-consuming.

Meredith replaced its manual system with Workiva’s Wdesk external reporting solution and used Workiva Professional Services for detailed XBRL tagging. Features like the one-active-document workflow, integrated EDGARization and tagging streamlined production, eliminated a full day from the reporting timeline, freed staff (about 50% of one analyst’s time) for higher‑level work, improved document quality, and delivered flawless XBRL filings.

Meredith Corporation

Saralyn Alderman

Assistant Financial Analyst