for "interfering with its agreement with Martha Stewart". Both of these lawsuits were combined in December 2013. Macy's goal was to stop J.C. Penney from selling Martha Stewart merchandise that was supposed to be sold exclusively at Macy's. Macy's settled a portion of its lawsuit with Martha Stewart Omnimedia over a home products deal, however, Macy's continues to sue J.C. Penney. Stewart did not disclose the terms of the settlement. This lawsuit cost between "$7 million and $8 million in legal costs", according to CEO Dienst. On February 19, 2008, MSL Omnimedia announced that the company had reached an agreement with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse to purchase certain business assets for $50 million: $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock. With the exclusion of Emeril Lagasse’s restaurant chain and his foundation, the deal consists of the rights to television programs such as Essence of Emeril and Emeril Live, Emeril Lagasse’s Cookbook library, the emerils.com website, and kitchen and food products. On December 4, 2015, it was announced that Sequential Brands Group acquired MSO. As a result of its acquisition, MSO requested that the NYSE suspend trading and de-list the company's common stock. In March 2017, MSLO partnered with Marley Spoon Inc. to have Martha & Marley Spoon meal kit service delivered by Amazon Fresh to customers in Dallas, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington D.C. metro areas. Sequential Brands Group agreed in April 2019 to sell Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia including the Emeril brand to Marquee Brands for $175 million with bench marked additional payments. The lease on MSLO's headquarters in Starrett-Lehigh Building was not included in the deal, but Marquee could assume the lease. Marquee Brands owns the BCBG Max Azria brand and is a subsidiary of asset manager Neuberger Berman. Publishing Martha Stewart Living (11 issues per year) Martha Stewart Weddings Special issues including the annual Holiday Cookies Blueprint: Design Your Life (canceled) Martha Stewart Kids (canceled) Martha Stewart Baby (canceled) Everyday Food (canceled 2013) Whole Living (canceled 2013) Four newspaper columns — ask Martha, Living, Weddings and Everyday Food — are distributed to newspapers throughout the U.S. via the New York Times Syndicate. Current books are published through Random House's Clarkson Potter division; earlier titles were offered through subsidiaries of Time Warner prior to Stewart's spin-off of her business ventures from its corporate umbrella. Publishing activities are a major source of income for