THOMSON MEDIA TO LAUNCH THE LITIGATION STOCK REPORT, A COMPLETE SOURCE FOR PENDING LITIGATION OF PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES

Thomson Media has launched its latest online independent research solution, The Litigation Stock Report. The Litigation Stock Report (LSR) is a powerful Web-based product (www.litigationstockreport.com) providing a complete source for timely information about, and the analysis of, pending litigation involving publicly traded companies.

New York, NY -- March 26, 2003 - Thomson Media, a division of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC; NYSE: TOC), is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of its latest online independent research solutions: The Litigation Stock Report. The Litigation Stock Report (LSR) is a powerful Web-based product (www.litigationstockreport.com) providing a complete source for timely information about, and the analysis of, pending litigation involving publicly traded companies.

LSR joins the family of Thomson Media products that provide comprehensive and accurate information in banking, investment management, capital markets, and technology market groups. We are proud to offer LSR as a part of our dynamic portfolio of independent research publications," says Andrew Sollinger, group publisher - capital markets. With its top-notch editorial staff, LSR provides insightful and reliable coverage of event-driven litigation matters in all U.S. courts."

Were here to add real value to the reporting on public-company litigation," says Paul E. McGowan, Esq., LSRs editor-in-chief. Our content includes the full suite of procedural coverage in a case, providing a roadmap of where the case has been, where its going, and whats important to the eventual outcome. We also analyze the legal issues, critique the parties briefs, and do our best to explain who might win the dispute and why."

Subscribers to LSR may select from a menu of cases currently being covered, and they can submit other cases of interest for coverage by LSR. Since we cover only those cases of interest to our subscribers, they receive focused and thorough legal analysis of issues pending in relevant litigation situations," added McGowan.

In less than two months, The Litigation Stock Reports content has grown to almost 20 cases from state and federal court dockets throughout the U.S. Notable cases thus far include the continuing, in-depth coverage of the hotly contested Simon v. Taubman attempted takeover, as well as a close look at the FCC v. NextWave appeal in which the LSR editors correctly predicted the U.S. Supreme Courts decision (including the Justices spread). Most recently, LSR attended oral arguments, before the New York Appellate Division, involving an appeal of the preliminary injunction preventing the merger between First Union REIT and Gotham Golf Corp. Within hours of the oral argument, LSR subscribers were able to access a concise report on the substance of the argument, along with our initial analysis of how the case might be decided," McGowan reports.

While some subscribers to The Litigation Stock Report are looking for catalysts or key outcomes in specific cases, others simply want to learn more about a general legal issue currently being debated in the courts. Our subscribers now have a one-stop shop for efficiently tracking pending litigation and for getting a jump on the event-driven market by better understanding the case," said McGowan. According to one early LSR subscriber, This product is an excellent supplement to our use of in-house counsel or law firms that we often retain to analyze litigation situations. Our thinking is that, if its economical and timely, we definitely want an experienced litigators views of a case before we make a play."

Initial interest in The Litigation Stock Report has been upbeat," said Sollinger. Our subscribers cover the gamut of the investment community, from pure arbitrage funds to diversified mutual funds. Plus, our economical pay-as-you-go subscription packages allow subscribers to pay for only those cases that are of interest to them, making LSR appealing to a variety of institutional stockholders."

McGowans legal expertise includes over five years of complex commercial litigation, corporate transactions and patent law. He is a registered patent attorney and is a member of the Virginia and U.S. Patent Bars. Formerly a senior research engineer at NASAs Langley Research Center in Virginia, he brings a diverse business and technical litigation background to the forefront of LSR. McGowan comes to LSR from the Richmond office of McGuireWoods, one of Virginias largest law firms.

Other members of the LSR Editorial Staff include:
   
Raymond J. Murphy, Jr., Esq. - Murphy has been active in the event-driven trading industry for over ten years. He has worked as an economist, a research analyst, a regulatory attorney, and a consultant. He is currently the founder and editor-in-chief of The Takeover Stock Report (TSR), a Thomson Media publication that has become the standard for reporting on risk arbitrage situations (www.takeoverstockreport.com).

W. Nelson Edmunds, Esq. - Edmunds has been an executive editor at TSR since 2000, prior to which he was a corporate and regulatory attorney with the Virginia offices of Williams Mullen.

Kenneth W. Dolbeare, Esq. - After six years experience as a federal bank examiner, and serving as in-house counsel with First Virginia Bank, Dolbeare joined TSR in 1999. He also is a contributor to the European version of TSR, The Takeover Stock Report - Europe
(www.takeoverstockreport-europe.com).
      
For a limited time, trial subscriptions to The Litigation Stock Report are available at no cost. Investors interested in subscribing to LSR should visit the Web site at www.litigationstockreport.com and may contact the editorial staff by email: LSR@LitigationStockReport.com or by telephone (804) 282-4900.

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