Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Capital Stock [Text Block]

Capital Stock

The Company has two classes of common stock outstanding: common and Class B. Holders of both classes of stock receive equal dividends per share. Class B stock, which has 10 votes per share, is not transferable as Class B stock except to family members of the holder or certain other related entities. At any time, Class B stock is convertible, share for share, into common stock with one vote per share. Class B stock transferred to persons or entities not entitled to receive it as Class B stock will automatically be converted and issued as common stock to the transferee. The principal market for trading the Company's common stock is the New York Stock Exchange (trading symbol MDP). No separate public trading market exists for the Company's Class B stock.

From time to time, the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of shares of the Company's common stock on the open market. In May 2008, the Board approved the repurchase of 2.0 million shares.

Repurchases under these authorizations were as follows:

Years ended June 30,	2011		2010		2009
(In thousands)
Number of shares	768		188		882
Cost at market value	$	24,895	$	6,274	$	21,801

As of June 30, 2011, authorization to repurchase approximately 0.5 million shares remained.