Corporate Profile for NetworkWorld dated Feb. 16, 1996.

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Published date:   February 16, 1996

Company name:     Network World

Address:          161 Worcester Rd.
                  Framingham, Mass. 01701

Telephone No.:    508/875-6400

Chief Executive
Officer:          Colin Ungaro

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Mary Fanning

Investor Relations
 Contact:         N/A
 Business number: N/A
 Home number:     N/A

Public Relations
 Contact:         Heidi Creighton
 Business number: 508/820-7528
 Home number:     N/A

Trading symbol:   N/A

Industry:         Telecommunications

Company description: Network World is the computer industry's leading newsweekly covering the enterprise network computing market. Since its inception in 1986, Network World has helped shape the future of network computing, empowering Network IS professionals with information about WANs and Internetworking, Local Networks, Client/Server Applications, Electronic Commerce and Management Strategies.

Delivering authoritative and insightful news on the network market, Network World boasts a qualified readership of more than 150,000 people nationwide. Ninety percent of readers surveyed rate Network World's editorial coverage as excellent/good (Source: Editorial Tracking Survey).

As the network becomes the applications platform of the '90s, the publication will continue to attract influential Network IS professionals. Network World is currently the number one Network/LAN publication for average total spending (Source: Intelliquest CIMS v2.0 and Simmons CompPro III, 1995).

Network World Fusion offers a compelling online extension to the publication, providing a one-stop Internet resource for daily networking news and analysis, including hyperlinks to related information and Web sites, forums, free vendor product demos, networking career job listings and free product information (http://www.nwfusion.com).

Network World is an International Data Group (IDG) newsweekly headquartered at 161 Worcester Rd., Framingham, Mass. 01701. Phone [phone]. Fax [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

CONTACT: Network World

Heidi Creighton

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]