PRIMEDIA Experts Available To Discuss Terrorist Attack's Impact On Major U.S. Economic Sectors; Telecom, Real Estate, Automotive/Trucking And Waste Management Industries

    NEW YORK--Sept. 25, 2001--

    TELECOM

- Jason Meyers, editorial director of Primedia's Telephony
    magazine, is available for comment on how telecommunications
    companies can learn from their colleagues, in particular Verizon,
    on how to best prepare for disaster scenarios. In its ongoing
    coverage, the publication will focus on how the attacks have
    accelerated the contraction of the telecom industry, and what
    this means for privacy in the increasingly electronic world.

    REAL ESTATE

- Matt Valley, editor of Primedia's National Real Estate Investor
    magazine, is available for comment on the breaking news in the
    real estate sector of lower Manhattan following the events at the
    WTC. In covering these issues, the publication is providing
    updates of where displaced businesses have set up satellite
    office space and what options exist for companies that have been
    forced out of their offices.

    AUTOMOTIVE/TRUCKING

- Jim Mele, editor-in-chief of Primedia's Fleet Owner magazine, is
    available for comment on the relief efforts of the World Trade
    Center recovery and its effect on the trucking industry. The
    publication is providing information on the increasing security
    regulations in the transportation field and educating members of
    the trucking community on how they can best implement these new
    security measures.

    WASTE MANAGEMENT

- Patricia-Anne Tom, managing editor for Primedia's Waste Age
    magazine, is available for comment on "Cleaning Up The
    Aftermath," their special report, which features articles on
    pollution, demolition and where the rubble will be transported.

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