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Hearst Magazines Division is a unit of The Hearst Corporation, one of the world s largest publishers of monthly magazines, with a total of 19 United States titles and 142 international editions. Hearst reaches more adults than any other publisher of monthly magazines (76.3 million according to MRI, spring 2005). The company also publishes 19 magazines in the United Kingdom through its wholly owned subsidiary, The National Magazine Company Limited. Hearst is recognized as one of the preeminent magazine distribution leaders in the world today. Comag Marketing Group, jointly owned by The Hearst Corporation and Cond Nast Publications, is a widely diversified international, sales and marketing organization for America s leading magazines, books and specialty products. Communications Data Services, including Tower, a subscription fulfillment company based in the United Kingdom, provides customized fulfillment services to publishers and direct marketers and manages in excess of 150 million customer names. Periodical Publishers Service Bureau provides such services as subscription sales, telemarketing, collections, reader inquiries, miscellaneous order processing, product fulfillment, demographic surveys, promotional mailings and cover counting.

A.M. Best Company is a worldwide insurance-rating and information agency that issues reports and ratings about insurance organizations. Its flagship publication and database, Best's Insurance Reports, offers coverage of insurers and re-insurers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom. The company is an issuer of fixed-instrument debt ratings that cover bonds, notes and securitization issued by insurers and re-insurers. Best company is also a publisher of books, directories, CD-ROM products and Internet-based services pertaining to the insurance industry. Products focus on insurance company financial and underwriting information, providers of legal representation, claims adjusting services to the insurance industry and company-specific analytical information in numerous markets. The company was founded in 1899.