Thomson Higher Education Teams with WebAssign to Extend Popular Online Homework System to Customers Using Thomson Brooks/Cole Mathematics Textbooks

With operational headquarters in
Stamford, Conn. Today, Internet retailers offer a stable shopping
environment, and many of them are enjoying a healthy profit margin.S.: Retail Trends include:

-- What are the growth prospects for retail e-commerce?
-- What are the biggest and fastest -growing online product categories?
-- How do shoppers use search engines to conduct research and how can
online marketers capitalize on this behavior?
-- How are online retailers driving consumers to their Web sites? And how
effective are they at converting visitors into buyers?

For more information on purchasing a copy of E-Commerce in the U.S.2% due to decreases in
retail , wholesale and tombstones.5
Technology (18.5)

THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL (2) 18.

This category is for Hardware related education.

this how

It
publishes under the brands of Thomson Wadsworth, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Thomson
South-Western , Thomson Heinle, and Thomson Schirmer.S.

"Online shoppers are certainly responding to more sophisticated sites, and
better-targeted marketing efforts," said eMarketer Senior Analyst Jeffrey
Grau, who authored the report. In the general advertising category at the Journal, January
linage increased 4.5% due to increases in consumer advertising
categories including auto, luxury goods and healthcare as well as
increases in B-2-B advertising categories including industrial
equipment, government , office products and media.
Classified/Other advertising linage increased 1.

have related

"
Thomson Brooks /Cole content and technology experts worked closely with
WebAssign to develop custom material that enhances the standard WebAssign
offering."
As Joe Heafner of Catawba Valley Community College said of his experience
with WebAssign in his college physics course, "WebAssign's greatest advantage
is that students get immediate feedback on their work., Thomson has approximately 40,000 employees and provides
services in approximately 130 countries.
Thomson Higher Education is a leading provider of higher education textbooks,
software, and Internet materials for the humanities, behavioral and social
sciences, mathematics and the sciences, and business and economics.
WebAssign is a hosted system headquartered at North Carolina State
University's Centennial Campus in Raleigh, with servers located at MCNC in
Research Triangle Park.

Dow Jones + Company Reports January 2005 Advertising Volume

Business Editors

NEW YORK----Dow Jones + Company
(NYSE: DJ) today reported January advertising volume for its leading
print publications.2% in
January. Linage in the Journal's technology
category decreased 18.2)

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE (1) (0.

education this

Professors like WebAssign because they find that
students complete more of their assignments with more proficiency , which adds
up to increased success in the course.com/brookscole.

PRESS RELEASE U.S. E -Commerce Growth to Significantly Outpace Total Retail Spending

The future of U.S.
e-commerce looks promising.emarketer.emarketer.2)
Classified + Other (1.9 1.

we is

BELMONT, Calif. WebAssign facilitates just that.com), with 2005 revenues of
$8.
U.S. At the
same time, Internet users are becoming more sophisticated in utilizing
multiple shopping channels to research and buy products.S. "We're finding satisfied shoppers,
profitable online retailers and increased revenues.8%.
At Barron's, total national advertising pages increased 26.5 % per issue) on one extra issue and increased financial
advertising.5% in January, due to a decline in technology advertising partially
offset by a gain in financial advertising while The Asian Wall Street
Journal's linage increased 18.com) publishes The Wall
Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and
the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones
Indexes, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers.

computers this

In traditional courses, they could
spend hours on homework and hand it in without knowing whether they were doing
the problems right or wrong. Wakely,
president, Thomson Arts and Sciences. This expected growth in U. This research is presented in
analyst reports and the "eStat Database" -- the most comprehensive
compilation of up-to-date e-business and online marketing statistics in the
world.S.

hardware how

We are dedicated to offering our customers a range
of choices in homework and course management systems," said Sean W. Thomson provides value-
added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million
users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher
education, reference information , corporate e-learning and assessment,
scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are
listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). Catalogers had the most profitable Web
sites, with 28% operating margins, a 22% increase over 2002.com. For more information, visit www.0

OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC.
(excludes preprints)
Daily 0.

tutorials we

Students appreciate that they can see
instantly if they are doing a problem wrong, and then can use WebAssign's
instant feedback to get back on track.
"Our collaboration with WebAssign is just a small illustration of our
commitment to providing the best learning materials possible to both
instructors and students."
Instructors can view a demo of the new mathematics WebAssign offering from
Thomson Brooks/Cole by visiting http://www.: Retail Trends, released
today, estimates that U. The Journal's
financial advertising linage decreased 15.4)
Financial (15.2) (5.3 7.

We have categories for tutorials and How To's.

tutorials hardware

"By making both our own highly
successful ThomsonNOW course management system and the WebAssign system
available, we can better meet the individual needs and preferences of each
instructor. Currently, the service is used by
hundreds of thousands of students and teachers nationwide and internationally.

Long gone are the days when Web sites crashed and online retailers burned
through investors' money.9% in
January (up 1.1% in January
due to declines in non-daily and display advertising, partially offset
by gains in classified advertising. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and
radio stations in the U.3
Non-Daily (11.7)
Total (2.

this for

thomson.com.4% due to softness in B2B e-commerce and
software advertising, which was partially offset by increased
advertising for hardware, communications and personal computers.
Internationally, The Wall Street Journal Europe 's linage decreased
0.3% (up 7.

Dow Jones + Company 2005 Advertising Linage Percentage
Increases (Decreases) from 2004


January

Actual Per Issue
------ ---------

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

General 4.

category related

, Thomson Higher Education, a
global provider of teaching materials for higher education and part of the
Thomson Company (TSX: TOC, NYSE: TOC), and WebAssign , the leading online
homework and testing service for math and science, today announced the
expansion of their alliance to include developing WebAssign products for
Thomson Brooks/Cole's developmental , finite, and precalculus mathematics
textbooks.
WebAssign products already available with Thomson Brooks/Cole textbooks in
physics, chemistry, astronomy, and biology have garnered acclaim from both
professors and students. In addition to online end-of-chapter problems with feedback, Thomson
Brooks/Cole Mathematics WebAssign products include tutorials, videos, and an
integrated eBook that allows students to access pertinent examples or
explanations from their textbook while they are working their problems.
"We are confident that our mathematics customers will be as pleased with
the results they achieve with our customized WebAssign products as are their
colleagues in the sciences," said Michelle Julet, vice president, editor-in-
chief for Mathematics and the Sciences for Thomson Brooks/Cole.

About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson Higher Education
The Thomson Corporation (http://www."

Excluding travel, computers are still the biggest category for online
purchasers, but a host of 'non-tech' products are growing rapidly as well,
including apparel and home products. The report also includes findings from
a recent study that show in 2003 , 79% of all online retailers were
profitable, up from 70% in 2002.

At Ottaway Newspapers , advertising linage declined 2.

related courses

e-commerce revenues jumped more than 25%
last year, and annual gains look to continue to run in the healthy
double-digit range through 2008, according to eMarketer estimates .
Web-based retailers enjoyed profit margins of 15% in 2003, compared to 16%
losses in 2002.: Retail
Trends, visit eMarketer online at http://www.
Advertising linage at The Wall Street Journal declined 5.
Dow Jones + Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.5

2005 2004
Number of Issues:
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 21 21

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE 21 21

THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL 21 19

BARRON'S 5 4

(1) Excludes barter advertising
(2) Excludes barter and regional advertising

courses is

The second greatest
advantage is that I no longer have to grade innumerable homework papers.webassign. WebAssign
products for developmental and precalculus mathematics will be available to
students for fall 2006 classes.

About WebAssign
A relatively small company, WebAssign has been leading the field of online
homework systems in innovation, responsiveness, and acceptance by higher
education since its inception in 1997.5 billion online this
year for retail goods and services, and that number will grow to $139
billion by 2008 .

Key topics covered in E-Commerce in the U.8)
Total Advertising Linage (5.5) (0.

computers this

WebAssign homework system proven to increase student success in the
quantitative disciplines. "In
quantitative courses, completing homework problems regularly and accurately is
crucial to student success in the course.
Classes "flow" better because WebAssign can be integrated into classroom
instruction.70 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information
solutions to business and professional customers.
(Click here for details)
eMarketer's new report, E-Commerce in the U. consumers will spend $84. e-commerce will significantly
outpace total retail spending over the next four years.S.

About eMarketer

eMarketer is "the First Place to Look" for market research information
related to e-business, online marketing and emerging technologies.
eMarketer aggregates and analyzes e-business research from over 1,700
sources and brings it together in one place.0% per issue) due to two
additional publishing days along with an increase in financial
advertising.
Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of
SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of CNBC television operations in
Asia and Europe.1)

BARRON'S
Nat'l Advertising Pages 26.

how we

---

- - kjjkjk

Loading...

(Note: These pages use the Atlas Content Safeguard System (ACSS) and require that Javascript is enabled for viewing.)