MAJOR TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, ONLINE & RELATED PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, THIRD QUARTER 2001.

MAJOR TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, ONLINE & RELATED PROPERTY
ACQUISITIONS, THIRD QUARTER 2001

Publication/Property                Buyer


Northwest Motor                     AC&P Co./Denver, CO

Aftermarket Canada                  Annex Publ'g/Simcoe, ON
Helicopters                         Annex Publ'g/Simcoe, ON
 Wings
Cahners Travel Group                Boston Ventures/Boston,MA
 Travel Weekly
 TravelAge West
 Meetings & Conventions,
 directories & guides
Journal of Commerce Group           Commonwealth Business
 JoC Week                           Media/New York
 Traffic World
 Cargo World, three other
 magazines, directories,
 databases and references
PROMPT Publications                 Delmar/Albany, NY

Bridge Info. news contracts         Dow Jones News/New York
Gulf Publishing                     Euromoney Inst. Investor/
 World Oil                           London
 Hydrocarbon Processing
 Pipeline & Gas Industry,
 catalogs & books
Classroom Connect, Inc.             Harcourt Educ./Orlando, FL
Evandale Publishing                 Informa Gp./London
 Retail Finanshing Direct NL
 Virtual Finance International
 NL
 The Re Report NL, directories,
 fax reports & online properties
Frank Fabozzi Publishers            J. Wiley & Sons/New York
Hungry Minds, Inc.                  J. Wiley & Sons/New York
Individual Investor                 Kiplinger Wash./Wash., DC
Blessing White, Inc.                management/Skillman, NJ
Financial Times Energy              McGraw-Hill/New York
 30 NLs, directories,
 energy studies, database &
 conferences
U.S. Corp. Value Consulting         McGraw-Hill/New York
Telerate                            MoneyLine Networks/NY
What's Working in Direct            NL on NLs/Rhinebeck, NY
 Marketing NL
Books & NLs, including:             Opus Comm./Marblehead, MA
 Nat'l Report on Subacute
 Care NL
BCE-Europe telecom trade show       PBI Media/Potomac, MD
Institutional Shareholder           Proxy Monitor/New York
 Services
Diabetes Dialogue                   Rogers Media/Toronto, ON
 Canadian J. of Diabetes Care
Blackbirch Press                    Thomson Corp./Toronto,
Civitas Ediciones                   Thomson Corp./Toronto,
European Research &                 Thomson Corp./Toronto,
 Development Database
Newsedge, Inc.                      Thomson Corp./Toronto,
political textbook list             Thomson Corp./Toronto,
Safeguard Publications              Thomson Corp./Toronto,
 magazines, NLs & Legal
 references
Educational Info. Group             3i Ventures/London
Dutch news agency ANNPS (50%)       United Bus. Media/London
Kenko Sangyo Shimbun                United Bus. Media/London
  Food Processing
  Medical Nutrition
  Health Industry News & trade
   shows
MediaLink Worldwide                 United Bus. Media/London
Roper Starch Worldwide              United Bus. Media/London
Imark Comm. Europe                  VNU/Haarlem, Neth.
Xtreme Bus. Info. (51%)             VS&A Comm. Partners/NY
eight newsletters                   Wicks Bus./Fairfield, CT
  including: Better Supervision NL
  Productive Leader NL
  Secrets & Strategies NL
VentureOne Corp.                    Wicks Bus./Farifield, CT
Capital Commerce Reporter Inc.      Wolters Kluwer/Chi., IL
Document Technologies               Wolters Kluwer/Chi., IL


Publication/Property                Seller


Northwest Motor                     Northwest Automotive Publ./
                                     Seattle, WA
Aftermarket Canada                  SGB Comm./Oakville, ON
Helicopters                         Corvus Publ'g/Calgary, AB
 Wings
Cahners Travel Group                Cahners Bus./New York
 Travel Weekly
 TravelAge West
 Meetings & Conventions,
 directories & guides
Journal of Commerce Group           Economist Gp./London
 JoC Week
 Traffic World
 Cargo World, three other
 magazines, directories,
 databases and references
PROMPT Publications                 Sams Technical Publg./
                                     Indianapolis, IN
Bridge Info. news contracts         Bridge Info./St. Louis, MO
Gulf Publishing                     WorldOil.com/Houston, TX
 World Oil
 Hydrocarbon Processing
 Pipeline & Gas Industry,
 catalogs & books
Classroom Connect, Inc.             management/Brisbane, CA
Evandale Publishing                 management/London
 Retail Finanshing Direct NL
 Virtual Finance International
 NL
 The Re Report NL, directories,
 fax reports & online properties
Frank Fabozzi Publishers            management/New Hope, PA
Hungry Minds, Inc.                  shareholders/New York
Individual Investor                 Individual Investor Gp./NY
Blessing White, Inc.                Wolters Kluwer/Chicago, IL
Financial Times Energy              Financial Times/London
 30 NLs, directories,
 energy studies, database &
 conferences
U.S. Corp. Value Consulting         PricewaterhouseCoopers/NY
Telerate                            Bridge Info./St. Louis, MO
What's Working in Direct            J. Goss/Ogdensburg, NY
 Marketing NL
Books & NLs, including:             Harling Comm./Chi., IL
 Nat'l Report on Subacute
 Care NL
BCE-Europe telecom trade show       Trades Exhibition/London
Institutional Shareholder           Thomas Corp./Toronto, ON
 Services
Diabetes Dialogue                   Canadian Diabetes Ass./
 Canadian J. of Diabetes Care        Toronto, ON
Blackbirch Press                    management/Woolbridge, CT
Civitas Ediciones                   WEKA Prof./Madrid
European Research &                 Elsevier Science/New York
 Development Database
Newsedge, Inc.                      shareholders/Burlington MA
political textbook list             Bedford, Freeman/New York
Safeguard Publications              management/Wellington, NZ
 magazines, NLs & Legal
 references
Educational Info. Group             VNU/Haarlem, Neth.
Dutch news agency ANNPS (50%)       ANP/Amsterdam
Kenko Sangyo Shimbun                management/Tokyo
  Food Processing
  Medical Nutrition
  Health Industry News & trade
   shows
MediaLink Worldwide                 shareholders/New York
Roper Starch Worldwide              management/New York
Imark Comm. Europe                  Imark Comm./London
Xtreme Bus. Info. (51%)             management/London
eight newsletters                   Econ. Press/Fairfield, NJ
  including: Better Supervision NL
  Productive Leader NL
  Secrets & Strategies NL
VentureOne Corp.                    Reuters Gp./S.F., CA
Capital Commerce Reporter Inc.      Tyler Tech./Austin, TX
Document Technologies               management/New York


Magazine, journal & newsletter titles are in bold.