UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_______________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~July 1913, 2009

THE READER’S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-10434	13-1726769
(State of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Reader’s Digest Road Pleasantville, New York 10570
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(914) 238-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2 5.02. ~~Results~~ Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of ~~Operations~~Directors; ~~and~~Appointment ~~Financial~~of ~~Condition~~Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

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~~Passcode: RDA~~Mr. Leclair, age 57, retired from Ford Motor Company in 2008. He joined Ford in 1976, serving in various financial roles, most recently as Chief Financial Officer from August 2003 to November 2008. Prior to holding the CFO position, Mr. Leclair served as Ford’s Corporate Controller from November 2001 to July 2003, and as the Controller of its North American Automotive Operations from October 2000 to October 2001.

~~Call~~Ms. ~~leader: Tom~~Gavin, ~~Williams~~age 63, has served as the President of National Urban Fellows, Inc. since June 2007. From September 2004 to June 2007, Ms. Gavin was the CEO for the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, a nonprofit organization that promotes the development of charter schools, and she served as the President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater New York from 1990-2004. Prior to her position with the YMCA, Ms. Gavin held multiple executive positions with AT&T, before being named Vice President of Network Operations where she supervised business planning, finance, and personnel and training for AT&T’s operational unit of 60,000.

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The information in this Item 2.02 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE READER’S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.

	THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.


	By: /s/ Andrea R. Newborn
	Andrea R. Newborn
Date: July 17, 2009	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

~~By: /s/ Thomas A. Williams~~ 3

Thomas A. Williams

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 19, 2009

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