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

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

Publication/Property     Buyer                  Seller

Sheshonoff Info.         Alex Information/      Thomson Corp./Stamford,
Services                 Austin, TX             CT
BMJ Books                Blackwell Publ./       British Med. Assoc./
                         Malden, MA             London
Nursing Forum *          Blackwell Publ./       Nursecom, Inc./Phil.,
                         Malden, MA             PA
  J. of Child 4 Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing *
  J. for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing *
  Perspectives in Psychiatric Care *
  Int. J. of Nursing Terminologies & Classifications *
Personnel Psychology *   Blackwell Publ./       PPI, Inc./Bowling
                         Malden, MA             Green, OH
Paintandcoatings.com     Carlson Bus./          Eastman Chem./
                         Naperville, IL         Lancaster, PA
Lexpert                  Carswell/Toronto, ON   management/Toronto, ON
Compass North America    Commonwealth Bus./     CNA/Newark, NJ
                         E.W., NJ
NetLearning              Delmar Learning/       management/Knoxville,
                         Albany, NY             TN
reference book titles    Delmar Learning/       Career Press/F.L., NJ
                         Albany, NY
PennPoint LLC            Drillinginfo.com/      Pennwell/Tulsa, OK
  PennEnergy/Data        Austin, TX
Biolink Communications   Elsevier/Morristown,   management/Huntington,
                         NJ                     NY
  J. of Supportive Oncology *
  Community Oncology *
  The Oncology Report *
Party & Paper Retailer * Great Amer. Publ./     Ward Corp./Danbury, CT
                         Sparta, MI
Buckle Down Publishing   Haights Cross/White    management/Iowa City,
                         Plains, NY             IA
Meyers Group             Hanley Wood/Wash.,     management/Costa Mesa,
                         D.C.                   CA
Saxon Publishers         Harcourt/Austin, TX    management/Norman, OK
Hart Publications        Hart Energy Publ./     VS&A Comm. Partners/New
                         Houston, TX            York
  Hart's Oil & Gas Investor *
  Hart's E&P *
  Energy Markets *
  Pipeline & Gas Technology *
  World Refining, 11 newsletters, and reports, directories and
  conferences
ePhramaceuticals         HCPro, Inc./           Med. Broadcasting/
                         Marblehead, MA         Phil., PA
e-Quipping, Inc.         HCPro, Inc./           management/Springfield,
                         Marblehead, MA         MO
insurance & banking      Highline Media/        Thomson/Stamford, CT
info.                    Erlanger, KY
Effron Enterprises       Informa/White          management/White
                         Plains, NY             Plains, NY
NetDecide Corp.          Informa/White          management/Tysons
                         Plains, NY             Corner, VA
Plan Sponsor Network     Informa/White          management/New York
                         Plains, NY
Faulkner Info.           Information Today/     FIS/Pennsauken, NJ
Services                 Medford, NJ
OneSource Info.          infoUSA/Omaha, NE      management/Concord, MA
Services
Comstock Images          Jupitermedia/Darien,   management/
                         CT                     Mountainside, NJ
Data.TXT Corp.           LexisNexis/Dayton,     management/Cary, NC
                         OH
Verilaw Technologies     LexisNexis/Dayton,     management/Wayne, PA
                         OH
Education Daily NL *     LRP Publ./Palm Beach   Aspen Publ./New York
  and 19 other           Gdns, FL
  newsletters
FastMark, Inc.           MediMedia/Yardley,     management/Palo Alto,
                         PA                     CA
energy conferences       Platts/New York        CBI Research/Wash.,
                                                D.C.
Weaver Publications      Prospect Partners/     management/Denver, CO
                         Chicago, IL
Publishing division      Rowman & Littlefield   Gov't Institutes/
  textbooks,             Publ./ Lanham, MD      Rockville, MD
  references and
  online
Monument Info.           R.R. Bowker/New        MIR/Princeton, NJ
Resource                 Providence, NJ
myITForum.com            TechTarget/Needham,    Altiris/London, UT
                         MA
Brand International      Thomson Corp./         TIS, Inc./Tokyo
(51%)                    Stamford, CT
Information Holdings     Thomson Corp./         shareholders/White
                         Stamford, CT           Plains, NY
Info. Services           Thomson Corp./         CGI/Montral, PQ
division                 Stamford, CT
Newport Strategies,      Thomson Corp./         management/Portland, ME
Inc.                     Stamford, CT
TradeWeb                 Thomson Corp./         management/Jersey
                         Stamford, CT           City, NJ
Expert Ease              Thomson Elite/Los      management/New York
                         Angeles, CA
RAW Communications       Thomson Financial/     management/London
                         New York
20 mill. source          Thomson Gale/Farm.     SRI/Wilmington, DE
documents                Hills, MI
books titles             Thomson Learning/      Cooperhouse/Inc.
                         Belmont, CA            Vill., NV
drug info. businesses    United Bus. Media/     MediMedia/Teterboro, NJ
                         London
  Intra Muros *
  Journal du Medicin *
  Asia Pacific Dental News *
  other magazines, drug info brands & marketing services
CA Family Law Report     West/Eagan, MN         CFLR, Inc./Sausalito,
NL                                              CA
  e-mail NLs and references
MedTech Insight, Inc.    Windhover Info./       management/Newport
                         Norwalk, CT            Beach, CA

Periodical titles are in bold.

Periodical titles are indicated with *.