Major trade, professional publication, online & related business information acquisitions, third quarter 2002

Business Publisher, Oct 17, 2002

MAJOR TRADE, PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, ONLINE & RELATED BUSINESS
INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS, THIRD QUARTER 2002

Publication/Property            Buyer

NetValue (majority interest)    AC Nielsen/New York
power price indices             Argus Media/Hoboken, NJ
Capitol Wire                    Associated Press/New York
Media Pulse, Inc.               Bacon's Info./Chicago, IL
Peter Collin Publishing         Bloomsbury Publ./London
100 book titles                 Clock Tower/Chelsea, MI
Trade, Inc.                     Commonwealth Business Media/East
                                 Windsor, NJ
Workforce Magazine              Crain Comm./Detroit, MI
AS3, Aviation Services Show     Cygnus Bus./Westport, CT
Data House S.p.a.               D&B/Murray Hill, NJ
Automotive Industries           Diesel & Gas Turbine Publ./
                                 Waukesha, WI
President & CEO                 Douglas Publ./Richmond, VA
  Human Capital
  Sales & Marketing Strategies
  News Enterprise
Naviant, Inc.                   Equifax/Atlanta, GA
Children's Book division        Gale/Farmington Hills, MI
Network Communications          Gallarus Media/Boston, MA
Sector 5 Summit conference      Gartner Gp./Stamford, CT
Multifamily Executive           Hanley-Wood/Wash., D.C.
  directory & conferences
50 business book titles         John Wiley/Hoboken, NJ
Learn2 Corp.                    Learn.com/Sunrise, FL
Quicklaw                        LexisNexis/Dayton, OH
Open University Press           McGraw-Hill/New York
MMS International               MMS Group/New York
50 art history books            Pearson Education/Upper
                                 Saddle River, NJ
Troll Communications            Quad Ventures/New York
Island ECN                      Reuters/London
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers     Taylor & Francis/New York
Current Drugs Ltd.              Thomson/Toronto, ON
LawTel                          Thomson/Toronto, ON
TowersData, Inc.                Thomson Financial/New York
Irwin Publishing                Thomson Learning/Stam., CT
Premier Press                   Thomson Learning/Stam., CT
ATX Forms, Inc.                 UCG/Rockville, MD
Total Information Services      US Investigations Services/
                                 Annandale, PA
The Harrison Company            West Group/Eagan, MN
Essential Assistant NL          Wicks Business/Fairfield, CT
  Leadership for the Front
  Line NL
ARM accounting database         Wolters Kluwer/New York
esalestax.com, Inc.             Wolters Kluwer/New York
securities publishing div.      Wolters Kluwer/New York

Publication/Property            Seller

NetValue (majority interest)    management/Neuilly, FR.
power price indices             Index Pricing/Phil., PA
Capitol Wire                    management/Middletown, PA
Media Pulse, Inc.               management/St. Louis, MO
Peter Collin Publishing         management/London
100 book titles                 Sleeping Bear/Chelsea, MI
Trade, Inc.                     management/Tampa, FL

Workforce Magazine              ACC Comm./Costa Mesa, CA
AS3, Aviation Services Show     NATA/Alexandria, VA
Data House S.p.a.               Seat Pagine Gialle/Milan
Automotive Industries           Randall Publ./Tuscaloosa, AL

President & CEO                 Hughes Comm./Peoria, IL
  Human Capital
  Sales & Marketing Strategies
  News Enterprise
Naviant, Inc.                   management/Boca Raton, FL
Children's Book division        Slepping Bear/Chelsea, MI
Network Communications          manag' t/Lawrenceville, GA
Sector 5 Summit conference      NlightN Event/Wash., D.C.
Multifamily Executive           MGI Publ./Yardley, PA
  directory & conferences
50 business book titles         Sleeping Bear/Chelsea, MI
Learn2 Corp.                    management/Sunrise, FL
Quicklaw                        management/Kingston, ON
Open University Press           management/Buckingham, UK
MMS International               McGraw-Hill/New York
50 art history books            Harry N. Abrams/New York

Troll Communications            management/Mahwah, NJ
Island ECN                      stockholders/New York
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers     management/Chicago, IL
Current Drugs Ltd.              management/London
LawTel                          Centaur Comm./London
TowersData, Inc.                management/New York
Irwin Publishing                General Publ./Toronto, ON
Premier Press                   22nd Century/Indian., IN
ATX Forms, Inc.                 management/Ft. Pierce, FL
Total Information Services      Offical Info. Co./New York

The Harrison Company            management/Suwanee, GA
Essential Assistant NL          Aspen Publ./New York
  Leadership for the Front
  Line NL
ARM accounting database         Arthur Anderson/Chi., IL
esalestax.com, Inc.             inanagement/Englewood, CO
securities publishing div.      Bowne & Co./New York

All tiles in bold are magazines or journals unless otherwise noted.

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