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Recorded Books and Films Media Group Sign Distribution Agreement for North America Public Library Market

Prince Frederick, MD, and Lawrenceville, NJ - January 18, 2005 - Recorded Books, the world's premier publisher of unabridged audiobooks since 1979 and a fully owned Haights Cross Communications company, has signed an exclusive agreement with Films Media Group (FMG), based in Lawrenceville, NJ, to distribute FMG's collection of educational media to public libraries in the United States and Canada. The companies said the agreement includes video, DVD, CD-ROM, and digital, on-demand distribution of FMG's collection. Recorded Books will begin distributing FMG's products immediately.

Brian Downing, Recorded Books' Publisher, said: "This agreement represents a major step forward in broadening our product offerings for public libraries. FMG is the leader in distributing top-quality educational video programs. Its extensive collection of highquality video educational programs perfectly complements our rich library of unabridged audiobooks. As we rapidly broaden our multimedia offerings for public libraries, we will leverage our highly trained sales service and relationships with our extensive public library customer base."

FMG President and CEO Scott Fogarty commented: "I believe this strategic alliance will be a wonderful service to the library-going public. By drawing on Recorded Books' extensive experience in the North American library market and their large customer base of client libraries, our programming - the output of many of the world's finest producers of instructional media - will now be even more widely available."

FMG, a unit of PRIMEDIA, Inc. (NYSE: PRM), is a leading distributor of videos, DVDs, and CD-ROMS to schools, colleges, and libraries in North America. It offers approximately 3,000 owned and 10,000 licensed educational titles. FMG has four major video collections: Under the Films for the Humanities & Sciences brand, FMG licenses high-quality video programs from talented producers and prominent broadcasters worldwide. It acquires exclusive distribution rights from more than 400 leading producers, including Public Affairs Television (Bill Moyers), Discovery Channel, BBC Learning, Home Box Office, CBS News, ABC News, and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.

Under the Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware brands, FMG produces and distributes videos, CD-ROMs, and DVDs targeted at viewers from grades 6-12 through adult. Programming is focused on life skills (guidance, health, parenting, careers, etc.), vocational/technical education, and family and consumer science.

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About Films Media Group: A PRIMEDIA company based in Lawrenceville, NJ, Films Media Group (FMG) is North America’s leading source of high-quality educational media products to schools, colleges, libraries, and other institutions. The FMG brand family includes Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.

FMG’s collection of programs—more than 12,000 titles from many of the world’s best-known producers and broadcasters—provides educators with an unparalleled choice of topics and a multifaceted content delivery approach that includes DVD, VHS, MPEG, and FMG ON DEMAND.