Comparison of revenue and net income for selected trade and business information companies, first quarter 2007-2008

Business Publisher, May 17, 2008

Comparison of Revenue and Net Income for Selected Trade and
Business Information Companies, First Quarter 2007-2008

                            Revenue (000)

Company                 2008         2007   % Chg.

Rogers Comm.       2,570,000    2,263,640    23.4
Thomson Reuters    1,834,000    1,662,000    10.3
McGraw-Hill        1,217,871    1,296,418   -6.1
Nielsen Co.        1,214,000    1,072,000    13.2
Equifax              503,100      405,100    24.2
Scholastic (1)       457,800      448,000    02.2
Moody's              430,700      583,000   -26.1
D&B                  414,700      379,000    09.4
Gartner              290,099      264,197    09.8
John Wiley (2)       261,980      246,003    06.5
IHS                  198,800      152,600    30.3
CNET                  91,420       89,077    02.6
Dolan Media           41,511       35,695    16.3
Global Sources        40,614       34,947    16.2
Jupitermedia          34,546       34,771   -0.6
TechTarget            23,900       18,300    30.6
Totals:           $9,625,041   $8,984,748    7.1%

                             Net Income (000)

Company                2008         2007    % Chg.

Rogers Comm.        338,858      167,409     102.4
Thomson Reuters     194,000      224,000    -13.4
McGraw-Hill          81,110      143,838    -43.6
Nielsen Co.         (84,000)     (74,000)
Equifax              65,700       59,000    -4.8
Scholastic (1)      (82,100)      (7,700)
Moody's             475,300      410,700     15.7
D&B                  61,200       52,700     16.1
Gartner              21,544        8,977     140.0
John Wiley (2)       34,679       32,136     7.9
IHS                  21,400       18,400     16.3
CNET                (18,001)      (7,669)
Dolan Media           4,007      (27,786)
Global Sources        8,205        6,528     25.7
Jupitermedia         (1,110)        (728)
TechTarget             (112)         317
Totals:           $1,123,570   $1,016,122    10.6%

(1)-Third quarter ending Feb. 29. (2)-Third quarter ending Jan. 31.