Meredith has acquired Shape magazine and the digital assets of the Shape, Natural Health and Fit Pregnancy brands from American Media, and plans to combine Shape magazine with its own health and wellness publication Fitness.

Meredith will begin producing Shape magazine with the May 2015 issue. All current readers of Shape and Meredith's Fitness will receive the new and enhanced Shape magazine. 

Meredith outlined the merchandising strategy for its brands, including Fitness, in the May 2014 License! Global cover story, "Beyond Publishing."