Article: Media brands bringing licensing dollars home; MSLO, Better Homes increasing product lines in often-tough markets.(NEWS)

Byline: NAT IVES and NATALIE ZMUDA

The beleaguered media business is still marching aggressively on at least one front: store shelves at a big retailer near you.

More and more media-branded consumer goods are squaring off against similar products from rival media brands. Earlier this month Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced a major home and outdoor line due exclusively in Home Depot next January, when its contract with Kmart officially ends. Kmart and Sears stores began selling more than 700 home products from Hearst Magazines' Country Living. And Meredith Corp.'s Better Homes and Gardens line at Walmart continues to grow, now numbering about ...

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