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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.24

                          THE INTERLINK COMPANIES, INC.
                         255 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 108
                            PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK 11803





March 5, 2001


Mr. Leslie Flegel, Chairman
The Source Information Management Company
2 City Place Drive, Suite 380
St. Louis, Missouri 63141

Dear Leslie:

When executed by both parties, this shall serve as a binding letter of intent
(subject only to the provisions of Section 9, below) between your company, The
Source Information Management Company ("Source"), and ours, The InterLink
Companies, Inc. (formerly Deyco Acquisition Corp.) ("InterLink") with respect to
Source's acquisition of 100% of the stock of InterLink, on the following terms
and conditions:

1.   Source and InterLink have completed the transaction whereby InterLink
     purchased International Periodical Distributors ("IPD") (the "First
     Closing"). Following the First Closing, Source owns approximately 33% of
     InterLink common stock on a fully-diluted basis.

2.   As soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the date hereof
     unless Source determines that the Source common shares to be issued in the
     transaction require prior registration with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission, Source will purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding
     preferred stock of InterLink (the "Interlink Preferred Stock"), and all of
     the issued and outstanding common stock of Interlink ("Interlink Common
     Stock") and options (the "Options") to purchase common stock of InterLink
     not already owned by Source, such that following these transactions, Source
     will be the sole owner of InterLink, and, indirectly, of its two operating
     subsidiaries, David E. Young, Inc. and IPD.

3.   The purchase price for the Interlink Preferred Stock will be $1,200,000,
     paid in cash at the time of closing to the current shareholders thereof.
     The purchase price for the Interlink Common Stock and the Options will be
     1,220,000 shares of Source common stock in the aggregate (the "Source
     Shares"). At the closing (the "Overall Closing"), the $1,200,000 in cash
     and 854,000 of the Source Shares will be transferred to the existing
     holders InterLink Preferred Stock and the existing holders of Interlink
     Common Stock and the Options, respectively, and 366,000 of the Source
     Shares (the "Escrow Shares") will be delivered to an escrow agent
     acceptable to Source and Interlink (the "Escrow Agent"), to be held by the
     Escrow Agent for a period of six (6) months from the date of the Overall
     Closing (the "Escrow Period"). At the end of the Escrow Period, all of the
     Escrow Shares shall be delivered to the holders of Interlink Common Stock
     and the Options existing as of the date hereof (the "Indemnifying
     Holders"), unless the conditions described in Section 5 hereof shall have
     occurred.


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4.   At the Overall Closing, all recipients of the Source Shares will execute
     documents with Source to the following effects:

         (i)    That Source or its designee will have a "call" on the
Source Shares, at $7.75 per share in cash, for a period of six (6) months from
the date of the Overall Closing;

         (ii)   That in consideration therefor, Source will undertake to
register such Source Shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 within such
six (6) month period;

         (iii)  That following such registration, and if the call expires
unexercised, any such recipient will not, for a period of an additional six (6)
months, sell Source Shares in the open market unless it is sold at a price
higher than the previous days' close, and at the then prevailing ask price, and
with the volume limitation expressed in Rule 144 promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (even if such sale is not subject to Rule 144).

         (iv)   That the Source Shares, until they are registered, will be
subject to normal restrictions on transfer under federal and state securities
laws.

5.   If Source has not exercised its "call" at the end of the Escrow Period, and
     each of Leslie Flegel (on behalf of Source), Joseph J. Bianco, and David
     Buescher agree that Source shall invest additional capital in Interlink or
     in IPD (the "Additional Capital"), such parties shall use their best
     efforts to structure the investment of such Additional Capital so that it
     shall not be deemed to be permanent capital to Interlink or IPD. However,
     in the event such investment of Additional Capital is deemed by a
     nationally recognized investment bank acceptable to both Source and
     Interlink to be permanent capital to Interlink or IPD, then such number of
     Escrow Shares shall be returned to Source as is determined by dividing two
     thirds of such Additional Capital by 5; provided, however, that in no event
     shall RDA superadvances be considered permanent capital. The remaining
     Escrow Shares shall be converted into an investment of additional capital
     in Interlink by Source at the rate of $5.00 per share, and shall be
     delivered by Source to the Indemnifying Holders at the end of the Escrow
     Period.

6.   At the Overall Closing, Source will or will cause InterLink to enter into
     mutually satisfactory employment agreements with David Buescher and Norman
     Raben.

7.   In the event that either party can benefit from a change in the structure
     of the transactions contemplated to be consummated at the Overall Closing,
     without detriment to the other party and without change to the substance of
     such transactions, then such structure shall be changed accordingly. In the
     event that fewer than 100% of the holders of common stock and preferred
     stock and Options of InterLink execute a definitive agreement with respect
     to the transactions contemplated by this letter of intent, the parties
     agree to cooperate in restructuring the transactions contemplated by this
     letter of intent in order that Source will obtain 100% of the outstanding
     preferred and common shares and Options of InterLink. Such restructuring
     may be:

         (a)    A statutory merger between a subsidiary of Source and
InterLink in a transaction in which InterLink shareholders and Option holders
will receive the same consideration they would have received if the transaction
were structured as a stock purchase.

         (b)    A purchase of InterLink preferred and common shares from
those InterLink shareholders who execute the definitive agreement (the "Initial
Purchase") followed by a merger in which InterLink preferred shareholders
receive the same cash consideration they would have received had they
participated in the Initial Purchase, and InterLink common shareholders and
Option holders who do not sell their shares in the Initial Purchase receive
either the same number of Source shares they would have received had they
participated in the Initial Purchase or cash of a value equivalent to the value
of Source common shares they would have received in the Initial Purchase.

8.   Subject to approval by Source's Board of Directors to be made prior to the
     Overall Closing, upon the Overall Closing, Joseph J. Bianco will be elected
     to the Board of Directors of Source.



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9.   The transactions contemplated by this letter of intent are subject to:

         (a)    Negotiation and execution of a definitive agreement containing
representations, warranties, covenants and other terms customary in agreements
of this type. The parties agree in good faith to negotiate, finalize and execute
the definitive agreement as soon as practicable.

         (b)    Satisfactory completion of due diligence.

         (c)    Written confirmation of oral consent to the transactions
contemplated by this letter of intent by Source's lender.

         (d)    Written confirmation of oral consent to the transactions
contemplated by this letter of intent by Congress Financial.

10.  The undersigned holders of preferred and common shares of InterLink who
     hold of record and beneficially the number of InterLink common and
     preferred shares set forth opposite their respective names (collectively
     more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding preferred shares and the
     outstanding common shares of InterLink), as an inducement to Source to
     proceed with the transactions contemplated by this letter of intent, agree
     that they will sell their shares to Source in the Initial Purchase on the
     terms outlined in this letter of intent.

11.  InterLink will cause to be prepared audited consolidated financial
     statements of IPD and its affiliates and of InterLink and its affiliates
     which will be required to be filed by Source with the Securities and
     Exchange Commission.

12.  This letter and the agreements contemplated herein shall be governed by the
     laws of the State of Delaware.

If the foregoing correctly set forth our understanding, please sign the enclosed
copy of this letter of intent and return it to my attention.

Very truly yours,


                                             Accepted and Agreed:
THE INTERLINK COMPANIES, INC.                THE SOURCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
                                             COMPANY



By:                                          By:
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   Norman Raben
   Executive Vice President

           Shares Owned                 SHAREHOLDERS:
         Common     Preferred           [type or print names under signatures]
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