COMPUSERVE AND GROLIER INTRODUCE ENCYCLOPEDIA WITH THOUSANDS OF ONLINE
CONNECTIONS

Columbus, Ohio, June 26, 1995 -- The CompuServe Information Service and
Grolier Electronic Publishing today introduce the world's most interactive
and entertaining electronic reference product for families and educators.
Ushering in the next generation of CD-ROM integration, the 1996 Grolier
Multimedia Encyclopedia CD-ROM (available in September), provides direct
links between its award-winning collection of 33,000 subject entries and
CompuServe's industry-leading 3,000 online areas. While other integrated
CD-ROM products might take users to the front door of an online service,
every applicable article on the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia contains
links to one or more online products that complement the subject matter.

For example, a person exploring baseball's World Series on the Groliers
CD-ROM can link directly into the Sports Illustrated Forum on CompuServe
to get the latest statistics on team players or to share opinions with
others. Someone else reading about Bosnia can access CompuServe's premier
news resources to obtain up-to-the minute information on the subject. Only
those online products relating to a topic of interest are presented to
encyclopedia users, making the learning experience more effortless,
enjoyable and enriching.

Through CompuServe's Multimedia Publisher Partnership Program, multimedia
CD-ROM publishers can create unique products that combine their technology
with the CompuServe Information Service. Products already shipping include
Managing Your Money Plus (from Block Financial Software); Mayo Clinic
Family Health Book, Mayo Clinic Family Pharmacist and Time-Life The
Virtual Body (from IVI Publishing); PC Magazine Online and PC Week
Interactive Trade Show (from ZiffDavis Interactive); and The People vs.
O.J. Simpson (from CNN Interactive).

"Our Multimedia Publisher Partnership Program offers the most extensive and
direct links to the online world from a CD," said William Hueter,
CompuServe senior marketing manager. "We provide direct connections to
thousands of CompuServe areas and millions of Web pages as well as
electronic product registration. We also give our CD-ROM partners the
opportunity to cross-sell additional products via our realtime transaction
processing."

Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc. is a Lagardere Group company. Lagardere
Group is an $ 11 billion Paris-based international publishing,
communications and technology company. Matra Hachette Multimedia, formed
in 1993, is responsible for developing and coordinating European
multimedia efforts in several areas including offline, online, interactive
theme-based television and virtual reality.

The CompuServe Information Service continues to be the world's most
successful and most popular online computer service, with 3.2 million
members accessing the service from 150 countries. The undisputed industry
leader in innovation, the service offers global email, the industry's
first CD-ROM supplement, libraries of free software, 28.8 kbps access and
worldwide Internet services. For a free introductory CompuServe membership
call 800-524-3388 and ask for representative number 664, or access
CompuServe's home page on the World Wide Web (http://www.compuserve.com).

In addition to the CompuServe Information Service, CompuServe offers
networking, electronic mail and business information services to major
corporations worldwide. CompuServe is an H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) company.

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