ADVISORY/World Publishing L.L.C. Announces Launch of Houston Medicine Magazine At Press Preview, Dec. 5.

News/Assignment Editors & Health/Medical Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Dec. 5)

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WHO: World Publishing L.L.C., publisher of Energy Magazine and
    producer of "Real Estate Television," announces the launch of
    Houston Medicine, a publication written by leaders from medical
    practice, academic and research institutions and those who do
    business with the medical industry worldwide.

WHAT: World Publishing invites members of the media, city leaders and
     the Houston medical community to attend launch announcement
     festivities. The following are scheduled to speak at the event:
     Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Richard Slemaker; Richard Wainerdi,
     Ph.D.; Robert Conte, M.D.; Norman Berkman, M.D. and Marcus
     Calderon, M.D. Others to be announced.

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002
      Press Conference: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. CST
      Board of Advisors and Media Reception: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. CST

WHERE: Trevisio Restaurant
       McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons Building
       6550 Bertner Avenue, Suite 602
       Houston Texas 77030

INTERVIEW      Richard Slemaker, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief, and
OPPORTUNITIES: several advisory board members will be available for
               interviews.

MORE INFO: The editorial content of Houston Medicine will be chosen by
    the authors and focus on strategy, theory, business, management,
    industry issues and areas of importance to them. Editorials will
    be published in an unfiltered and unedited format. Houston
    Medicine(TM) is a window into what the dynamic leaders of this
    industry know is important and what will create dynamic thought
    processes throughout the business of medicine. Readership will
    include: The immediate peer group of CEOs and presidents who are
    writing for the magazine; individuals who belong to leading
    medical associations and conferences of the world; individuals who
    are high-ranking executives within companies or institutions and
    special individuals from which the authors are chosen; and those
    who work in companies or organizations that participate in those
    global associations and conferences including officials,
    individuals and individual investors with an active interest in
    medicine. For more information, please visit:
    www.world-publishing.com/medicine/home.asp.

CONTACT: To RSVP for the press preview or board of advisors reception,
    to schedule interviews, or for more information, please contact
    Richard Slemaker III at: 713/539-8234 or
    [e-mail].