(2) Martha By Mail Pottery Pebble Trays. Two different kinds of pebbles, marked on the bases. 

Size: 11 1/2 x 9 x 2 1/2 in. 

#4664 . 

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO) is an American diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart in 1997 and owned by Marquee Brands LLC since April 2019. It was created as an umbrella company for the various media and merchandising ventures linked to the Martha Stewart brand. The company went public, via an initial public offering, on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1999, and shot up in price overnight, making Stewart an instant billionaire. However, Stewart was forced to resign as president, chairwoman, and chief executive officer as a result of the 2001 ImClone insider trading case, and a class-action lawsuit in 2002 eventually ended in a settlement of $30 million in 2007. She eventually rejoined the company in 2011 on the board of directors, becoming its chairwoman once more in 2012. One of their first ventures, Martha By Mail, was a print and online catalog that was one of the earliest to capitalize on the new potential of the internet, but it was rebranded in 2002 as Martha Stewart: The Catalog of Living after the dot-com bubble burst, and eventually discontinued in 2004. The company, which had acquired the assets of other celebrities over the years like chef Emeril Lagasse, was organized into four business segments: publishing, Internet, broadcasting media platforms, and merchandising product lines. MSLO’s business holdings included a variety of print publications, television and radio programming, as well as e-commerce websites. After a further lawsuit from Macy’s in 2012, it was announced in 2015 that Sequential Brands Group would acquire MSLO. Sequential Brands Group agreed in 2019 to sell MSLO, including the Emeril brand, to Marquee Brands holding company for $175 million with benchmarked additional payments. The lease on MSLO’s headquarters in the Starrett-Lehigh Building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan was not included in the deal, but Marquee could assume the lease. Marquee Brands owns various companies, including the BCBG Max Azria brand, and is a subsidiary of asset manager Neuberger Berman. The Martha Stewart brand name continues to appear on a wide variety of products they produce.