Better Homes and Gardens debuts Tomorrow's Technology at Epcot '94
International Flower and Garden Festival

Multimedia Garden Reference and Teaching Guide from Multicom Publishing and
Meredith Corporation to debut at Epcot '94 International Flower and Garden
Festival

Orlando, FL- April 29, 1994 - Multicom Publishing and Meredith Corporation
today announced the release of the multimedia CD-ROM version of Better
Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening which will be demonstrated
at the inaugural Epcot '94 International Flower and Garden Festival
presented by Better Homes and Gardens through June 5.

More than 72 million people consider themselves gardeners according to the
National Gardening Association. Most gardeners are anxious to add
information to their libraries while keeping it accessible. The Better
Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening is a multimedia guide to
gardening that taps the power of today's most advanced technology to make
gardening information easy to use. More than 700,000 hardcover and
softcover versions of the Better Hemes and Gardens Complete Guide to
Gardening have been sold.

"Meredith New Media is very pleased to introduce the Better Homes and
Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening CD ROM at this premier garden event,"
said Joe Ward, President of Meredith New Media. "This multimedia product
clearly shows Better Homes and Gardens research and knowledge can further
benefit gardeners by using tomorrow's technology today. The Epcot '94
Better Homes and Gardens International Flower and Garden Festival is the
perfect backdrop for this introduction."

"We've been extremely fortunate to have the decades of editorial experience
and authority at Better Homes and Gardens to draw upon," Tamara Attard,
Chairman and CEO of Multicom Publishing commented. "The Better Homes and
Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening CD ROM can make gardening even more
rewarding by giving gardeners rapid access to relevant and important
information on hundreds of plants. They can select plants for their
gardens that they may never have considered. new gardening techniques can
be learned from the dozens of full-motion video presentations. Through the
use of interactive multimedia, it's never before been this easy to get a
successful garden growing," continued Attard.

The Epcot '94 Better Homes and Gardens International Flower and Garden
Festival showcases the gardening expertise of Better Homes and Gardens at
the Walt Disney Resort's 5,000 acres of award-winning gardens. With this
May event, Epcot '94 exceeds its usual horticultural excellence with a
profusion of floral tapestries and gardens representing nations around the
world.

The Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening CD ROM combines
instructional videos, full-color photographs and illustrations, and an
extensive searchable plant database to help both beginning and experienced
gardeners create beautiful and productive gardens all year round.

The Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Gardening CD ROM is a single
disc that runs on MPC (Multimedia PC) compliant computers and on CD-ROM
drive equipped color Macintoshes. The Better Homes and Gardens Complete
Guide to Gardening CD ROM retails for $59.95, and is available through
software retailers or directly from Multicom Publishing at (800)
850-7272.

Meredith New Media is part of Meredith Corporation, a diversified media
company involved in magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting,
residential real estate marketing and franchising and investments in cable
television. Meredith Books has more than 200 current book titles in print,
most of which carry the Better Homes and Gardens name.

Multicom Publishing, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of consumer
multimedia CD-ROM titles. Multicom titles are distributed in North America
exclusively by Electronic Arts Distribution through their Affiliate Label
program.

Electronic Arts is a diversified entertainment and education company that
develops, publishes, and distributes software worldwide. The company is 11
years old and has an annual sales rate of almost $400 million. Its
corporate headquarters are in San Mateo, California, and it has offices in
Texas, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and Japan.

Multicom Publishing
206-622-5530

Meredith Corp
515-284-2059

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