Major trade and professional publication, online & related business information acquisitions, fourth quarter 2004.

MAJOR TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, ONLINE & RELATED
BUSINESS INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS, FOURTH QUARTER 2004

Publication/Property    Buyer                   Seller

Exhibitor Visibility    Ascend Media/Over.      management/Over.
  Worldwide               Park, KS                Park, KS

Medical World Comm.     Ascend Media/Over.      management/Jamesburg,
  Pharmacy Times          Park, KS                NJ
  Hearing Products
    Report
  Food & Drug
    Packaging
  Brand Packaging

  45 other journals/magazines, guides, newsletters, shows
  and conferences

SynerMed                Ascend Media/Over.      management/Califon
  Communications          Park, KS                NJ
Food & Nutrition        Blackwell Publ./        management/Trumbell,
  Press                   Malden, MA              CT
  J. of Food Quality
  J. of Food Safety
  Foodservice
    Research
    International

  8 other journals, a newsletter and 50 book titles.

Chinese tech sites      CNET/San Francisco,     management/Beijing
                          CA
Marketwatch, Inc.       Dow Jones & Co./        CBS/New York-Pearson/
                          New York                London
Simmons Research        Experian/Costa Mesa,    management/New York
                          CA
Canadian Auto World     Formula Media Gp./      Annex Publ./Exeter, ON
                          Toronto, ON
META Group              Gartner/Stamford, CT    management/Stamford,
                                                  CT
Graphic Comm. World     Hayzlett Cos./Sioux     Quoin Comm./Port
  NL                      Falls, SD               Orchard, WA
HIPAA Security          HCPro/Marblehead, MA    Brownstone Publ./
  Compliance                                      New York
  Insider NL

  8 other healthcare compliance newsletters and six looseleaf
  products

Multimedia Healthcare   HMP Comm./Malvern, PA   Freedom Comm./Irvine,
  Annals of Long-Tea                              CA
    Care

  Clinical Geriatrics and communications services

Thomson Media           Investcorp Int'1.,      Thomson Corp./
  American Banker         New York                Stamford, CT
  Bond Buyer
  Traders Magazine

  over a dozen other magazine plus newsletters, online resources,
  conferences, shows, annual reports and references

Distance Learning Co.   PCDI/Norcross, GA       management/New York
Recoletos               Retos Cartera/Madrid    Pearson/London
Quebec Pharmacie        Rogers Media/Toronto,   PharMarketing/
                          ON                      Montreal, PQ
Bitpipe                 TechTarget/Needham,     management/Boston, MA
                          MA
The Middleware Co.      TechTarget/Needham,     Veritas/Mountain
                          MA                      View, CA
Connexus Media          Ziff Davis Media/       management/Topsfield,
                          New York                MA

  including business & tech web sites and e-letters

DeviceForge LLC         Ziff Davis Media/       management/Palo Alto,
                          New York                CA