Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Meredith Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Earnings Conference.
[Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today s conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]
I would now like to hand the conference call over to your speaker for today, Mr. Mike Lovell. Sir, you may begin.
Mike Lovell
Investor Relations Director
Good morning, and thanks, everyone, for joining us. Our call will begin with comments from Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Harty; followed by Chief Financial Officer, Jason Frierott. Remarks this morning will include forward-looking statements and actual results may differ from our forecasts. Reasons for the differences are described at the end of our news release that was issued earlier this morning and in our SEC filings. Certain financial measures that we are discussing on this call are expressed on a non-GAAP basis and have been adjusted to exclude the impact of special i
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