09.01.04
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSO), New York, NY, has acquired Body & Soul magazine from New Age Publishing, Inc., Watertown, MA, and Dr. Andrew Weil’s Self Healing newsletter from Thorne Communications, Inc. for approximately $6 million in cash. This acquisition is part of MSO’s larger strategy to expand into attractive emerging markets that offer the company opportunities to apply its proven omni-business model to help bring these markets into the mainstream.