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

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

Publication/Property     Buyer                    Seller

French bus. info.        Bil Holdings/Paris       D&B/Short Hills, NJ
  assets
World Directories        Cinven & Apax Part./     VNU/Haarlem,
  Group                    London                   the Neth.
Twofold Photos, Inc.     CNET/San Francisco, CA   management/Redwood
                                                    City, CA
Washington               CQ, Inc./Wash., D.C.     management/Wash.,
  HealthBeat NL                                     D.C.
Lawyers Weekly, Inc.     Dolan Media/Mina., MN    management/Boston. MA
    Lawyers Weekly USA
    Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
    and 12 other legal newspapers
OsterDowJones            Dow Jones/New York       Oster Comm./Cedar
                                                    Rapids, IA
Archery Business         Grand View Media/        Ehlert Publ./
                           Birm., AL                Minn., MN
    Bouhunting World, directories
Processing               Grand View Media/        Putman Media/
                           Birm., AL                Chicago, IL
Ordinate Corp.           Harcourt/                management/
                           San Antonio, TX          Menlo Park, CA
Residency Program        HCPro, Inc./             PubWorld, Inc./
                           Marblehead, MA           Naples, FL
    Director's Alert     NL
White Directory Publ.    Hearst Corp./New York    management/
                                                    Buffalo, NY
FutureSource LLC         Interactive Data/        management/
                           Bedford, MA              Lombard, IL
Gas Industries           James Int'l/             Mercor Media/
                           Des Plaines, IL          Chicago, IL
ThinkStock Inc.          Jupitermedia/            management/
                           Darien, CT               Charlotte, NC
Iowa Farmer Today        Lee Agri-Media/          Gazette Comm./
                           Davenport, IA            C. Rapids, IA
Millbrook Press          Lerner Publ./Minn., MN   management/
                                                    Brookfield, CT
Twenty-First Century
 Books Farm Equipment    Lessiter Publ./          Cygnus Bus./
                           Brookfield, WI           Westport, CT
    Ag Industry Watch NL
Seisint, Inc.            LexisNexis/Dayton, OH    shareholders/
                                                    Boca Raton, FL
Grow Network, Inc.       McGraw-Hill/New York     management/New York
Aggregates Manager       Mercor Media/            James Int'l/
                           Chicago, IL              Des Plaines, IL
Lifting & Transport.     MLS Publ./Eugene, OR     Douglas Publ./
  Int.                                              Richmond, VA
academic textbook list   Oxford Univ. Press/      LexisNexis UK/London
                           Oxford, UK
altonaEd                 Pearson Ed./Saddle       management/
                           River, NJ                West Point, NE
Customer Service News    Penton Media/London      Wilson Publ./London
    Customer Relationship Management
    Business & IT Support
    Field Service Management
KnowledgePoint           Recruitmax/London        Wolters Kluwer/
                                                    Petaluma, CA
Creative Publ'g          Rockport Publ./          management/
  Inter'l                  Gloucester, MA           Minneapolis, MN
Syndetic Solutions       R.R. Bowker/             Cambridge Info./
                           New Prov., NJ            Bethesda, MD
N.Y. Health Law          Stamford Publ./          M. Lee Smith/
  Update NL                Atlanta, GA              Nashville, TN
ArtistPro Publishing     Thomson/Stamford, CT     management/Boston, MA
Capstar                  Thomson/Stamford, CT     Ed. Testing/
                                                    Princeton, NJ
KnowledgeNet             Thomson/Stamford, CT     management/
                                                    Scottsdale, AZ
Selkirk Financial        Thomson/Stamford, CT     management/
                                                    Vancouver, BC
Aldine de Gruyer         Transaction Publ./       Walter de Gruyer/
                           Pisc., NJ                New York
SDI Media Group          Warburg Pincus/          Modern Times Gp./
                           New York                 Stockholm
BEAM Education           Wolters Kluwer/          management/London
                           New York
Mercor Media             ZweigWhite/Natick, MA    Cardinal Growth/
                                                    Chicago, IL
    CE News
    Structural Engineer
    Bridge Builder
    Civil Connection
    Lift Applications & Equipment
    Crane Works
    Lift Leader