Comparison of rev. & net for selected trade and business information companies, 2004-2003.

COMPARISON OF REV. & NET FOR SELECTED TRADE AND BUSINESS
INFORMATION COMPANIES, 2004-2003
(in millions)

                                   Revenue (000)
Company                   2004          2003       % Change

Reed Elsevier (NY)      9,224,500     9,311,864     -  0.9
Thomson Corp. (NY)      8,100,000     7,606,000     +  6.5
Pearson (NY)            7,550,345     7,798,877     -  3.2
Reuters (NY)            5,558,241     6,232,551     - 10.8
McGraw-Hill (NY)        5,250,538     4,890,320     +  7.4
VNU (AM)                4,930,424     5,062,128     -  2.6
Rogers Comm. (NY)       4,656,529     3,978,678     + 17.0
Knight-Ridder (NY)      3,014,149     2,945,991     +  2.3
Dow Jones (NY)          1,671,458     1,548,485     +  7.9
United Business (NQ)    1,559,775     1,438,592     +  8.4
Moody's (NY)            1,438,300     1,246,600     + 15.4
Dun & Brad. (NY)        1,414,000     1,386,400     +  2.0
Primedia (NY)           1,307,079     1,282,750     +  1.9
Equifax (NY)            1,272,800     1,210,700     +  5.1
T&F Informa (L)           971,440       850,933     + 14.2
Gartner (MY)              893,821       858,446     +  4.1
John Wileyl (NY)          732,417       690,897     +  6.0
Advanstar                 380,471       308,962     + 23.1
CNET (NQ)                 291,156       246,240     + 18.2
Ziff Davis                204,477       194,107     +  5.3

Totals:                60,421,921    59,089,521     +  2.3

                                     Net Income (000)
Company                   2004          2003       % Change

Reed Elsevier (NY)      1,077,104       980,608     +  9.8
Thomson Corp. (NY)      1,010,000       877,000     + 15.2
Pearson (NY)              329,449       292,843     + 12.5
Reuters (NY)              701,282           655     +970.6
McGraw-Hill (NY)          755,823       687,650     +  9.9
VNU (AM)                  212,552       169,520     + 25.4
Rogers Comm. (NY)        (10,975)       107,269     -110.2
Knight-Ridder (NY)        326,243       296,071     + 10.2
Dow Jones (NY)             99,548       170,599     - 41.6
United Business (NQ)      214,431      (79,761)     +368.8
Moody's (NY)              425,100       363,900     + 16.8
Dun & Brad. (NY)          211,800       174,500     + 21.4
Primedia (NY)              35,470        38,872     +  8.8
Equifax (NY)              237,300       180,700     + 31.3
T&F Informa (L)            23,859        63,532     + 62.4
Gartner (MY)               16,647        23,693     + 29.7
John Wileyl (NY)           79,134        78,792     +  0.4
Advanstar                (67,127)      (70,144)
CNET (NQ)                  11,685      (25,630)     +145.6
Ziff Davis               (85,173)       (1,909)

Totals:                 5,604,152     4,328,760     + 29.5

NY-New York Stock Exchange; NQ-NASDQ; AM-Amsterdam; L-London.
1-Three quarters 31, 2005, ending Jan.