Joshua Pila is general counsel of the Atlanta-based Local Media Group of Meredith Corp., a publicly traded, family controlled national media company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

Meredith's Local Media Group includes 17 television stations reaching 11 percent of U.S. households. The stations are concentrated in large markets, with seven in the nation's Top 25—including Atlanta (CBS46 and Peachtree TV), Phoenix, St. Louis and Portland, Oregon—and 13 in Top 50 markets. Meredith's stations produce 700 hours of local news and entertainment each week, and operate leading local digital destinations.

The National Media Group publishes Better Homes & Gardens, Family Circle, Shape and other magazines. Meredith also licenses more than 3,000 SKUs of branded products at 5,000 Walmart stores nationwide and has a marketing division that provides marketing services to well-known brands such as The Kraft Heinz Co., Benjamin Moore, Allergan, TGIFriday's and WebMD.