The Business Publisher April, 17, 2006.

Major Trade and Professional Publication, Online and Related
Business Information Acquisitions, First Quarter 2006 (by buyer)

Publication/Property    Buyer                   Seller

Harriman Chemsult       Access Intelligence/    management/London
                        Rockville, MD

CodeCorrect             Accuro Healthcare       United Comm. Gp./
                        Solutions/Dallas, TX    Rockville, MD

Beverage Data Network   ACNielsen/New York      management/Fairfield,
                                                NJ

"Community College      Autumn Publ.            Cox, Matthews &
Week"                   Enterprises/Fairfax,    Assoc./Fairfax, VA
                        VA

Business Wire           Berkshire Hathaway/     management/San
                        Omaha, NE               Francisco, CA

"J. of Applied Social   Blackwell Publ./        Bellweather Publ./
Psychology"             Maiden, MA              Columbia, MD

WebCT                   Blackboard Inc./        management/Lynnfield,
                        Wash., D.C.             MA

"Clinical Implant       Blackwell/Maiden, MA    BC Decker/Toronto, ON
Dentistry"

  "J. of Esthetic & Restorative Dentistry"

"Bio-IT World"          Cambridge Healthtech    IDG/Framingham, MA
                        Inst./Framingham, MA

  "Pharmaceutical Discovery," directories & trade expo

"Medical Device         Canon Comm./Los         Octo Media/London
Technology"             Angeles, CA

  buyer's guide, conference and forums

Best Case Solutions,    CCH/Riverwoods, IL      management/Evanston, IL
Inc.

"Property Tax           CCH/Riverwoods, IL      Vertex/Berwyn, PA
Reference"

"The Seybold Report'    CMP Media/Manhasset,    MediaLive
                        NY                      International/San
                                                Fran., CA

  20 technology conferences

Shorecliff              CMP Media/Manhasset,    management/Mission
Communications          NY                      Viejo, CA

  Telecom/Internet Trade shows,
  "Broadband Wireless Online" & buyer's guide

"Computer Shopper"      CNET/San Francisco,     SX2 Media Labs/
                        CA                      Stamford, CT

"Corp!"                 Corp! Publishing/       management/Warren, MI
                        Warren, MI

business directories    CQ Press/Washington,    Public Sectors Publ./
                        D.C.                    Toronto, ON

legal directories       CQ Press/Washington,    WANT Publishing/
                        D.C.                    New York

"The Annual Register"   CSA/Bethesda, MD        Kessings Worldwide/
                                                Bethesda, MD

Community of Science    CSA/Bethesda, MD        management/Baltimore,
web site                                        MD

"New England Bus.       Dow Jones/Campbell      N. E. Publishing Gp./
Bulletin"               Hall, NY                Somerset, MA

Open Ratings Inc.       Dun & Bradstreet/       management/Waltham, MA
                        Short Hills, NJ

EuroFinance             Economist Group/        management/London
Conferences             New York

  20 annual conferences & training division

Wallstreeet Direct,     Financial Media Gp./    management/New York
Inc.                    Centennial, CO

  "WallSt.net Digest" and WallSt.net web site

CT Insurance Services   Fiserv/Brookfield, WI   CCH/Riverwoods, IL

  Wall Street Financial Training

Hollinger Business      Glacier Ventures        Hollinger Int'l./
Info. Gp.               Int'l./Vancouver, BC    Chicago, IL

  "New Technology," "Lab Product News" &
  40 other print and online magazines, directories, books and references

Bandido Books           HCPro/Marblehead, MA    management/Orlando, FL

"Contemporary Long      HCPro/Marblehead, MA    HealthNet Info.
Term Care"                                      Services/Parsippany, NJ

Fitch group (20%)       Hearst Corp./New York   Fimalac/Paris

Litigation Research     InfoFirst/Salem, OR     management/Wash., D.C.
Associates

Quote.com               Interactive Data        Lycos/Waltham, MA
                        Corp./Bedford, MA

Fernhurst Books         John Wiley & Sons/      management/Arundel, UK
                        Hoboken, NJ

references &            Jones & Bartlett/       NFPA/Quincy, MA
textbooks               Sudbury, MA

Stock Image             Jupitermedia/           management/Paris
                        Darien, CT

HRO World Conferences   LRP Publ./Palm Beach    Outsourcing Today/
                        Garden, FL              Roseland, NJ

Physician's Weekly      M/C Communications/     management/
LLC                     Boston, MA              Englishtown, NJ

JupiterResearch         MCG Capital/            Jupitermedia/
                        Arlington, VA           Darien, CT

"CoatingsPro"           NACE International/     Four Point Publishing/
                        Houston TX              San Diego, CA

  "SprayFoam"

Hampton-Brown Company   National Geographic/    management/Carmel, CA
                        Wash., D.C.

Promissor, Inc.         Pearson/Upper Saddle    Houghton Mifflin/
                        River, NJ               Boston, MA

WeldingWeb.com          Penton Media/           Lawn Care Success/
                        Cleveland, OH           Pittsburgh, PA

"Campaigns &            Political World         VoteNet Solutions/
Elections"              Comm./Plainsboro, NJ    Wash., D.C.

"Chief Supply Chain     Proximus B2B/Newton,    Helmers Publishing/
Officer"                MA                      Dublin, NH

  "Supply Chain Manufacturing & Logistics,"
  buyer's guide, e-newsletters, web sites and events.

Spec Check US LLC       Reed Bus. Info./        management/
                        Oak Brook, IL           Mundelein, IL

Food Safety Summit      Stagnito Comm./         Eaton Hall Exhibitions/
                        Deerfield, IL           Floral Park, NJ

Quantitative            Thomson Corp./          management/Chicago, IL
Analytics Inc.          Stamford, CT

"Power"                 TradeFair Group/        McGraw-Hill/NewYork
                        Houston, TX

Guangzhou Beauty Fair   United Business         management/Hong Kong
                        Media/London &
                        Bolognafiere Group/
                        Bologna

TheInquirer.net         VNU Business            management/London
web site                Publications/London

NDCHealth Information   Wolters Kluwer/         management/Atlanta, GA
                        Amsterdam

  management business operations

ProVation Medical       Wolters Kluwer          management/Minn., MN
                        Health/Conshohoken,
                        PA