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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY

|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                     |              |               |     |        |      |   |  | 
|---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------- | --- | ------ | ---- | - |  | 
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                     |              | Jurisdiction  |     | % of  
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                     |              | of            |     | Voting
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                     |              | Incorporation |     | Stock 
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                     |              | or            |     | Owned 
|Name of Subsidiary                                   |                                      | Organization                        |                                         | by Company                         
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         |                                    
|Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited                 |                                      | Nova Scotia                         |                                         |                                     | 49           | %            
|Cable One, Inc.                                      |                                      | Delaware                            |                                         |                                     | 100          | %            
|Capitol Fiber, Inc.                                  |                                      | Maryland                            |                                         |                                     | 80           | %            
|The Daily Herald Company                             |                                      | Washington                          |                                         |                                     | 100          | %            
|Greater Washington Publishing, Inc.                  |                                      | Delaware                            |                                         |                                     | 100          | %            
|Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News
Service, Inc. |                                      |                                     | D.C                                     |                                     |              |               | 50  | %     
|Kaplan, Inc.                                         |                                      | Delaware                            |                                         |                                     | 100          | %            
|                                                     | American Educational Resources, Inc. |                                     | Massachusetts                           |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     | Dearborn Publishing Group, Inc.      |                                     | Delaware                                |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     |                                      | Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc. |                                         | Illinois                            |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      | Dearborn Financial Institute, Inc.  |                                         | Illinois                            |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         | Anthony Schools Corporation         |              | California    |     |        | 100  | %
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         | Leonards Training Programs, Inc.   |              | Texas         |     |        | 100  | %
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         | Prosource Educational Service,
Inc. |              | Minnesota     |     |        | 100  | %
|                                                     | Kaplan (Canada) Ltd.                 |                                     | Ontario                                 |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     | Kaplan International, Inc.           |                                     | California                              |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     | Kaplan (PR) Inc.                     |                                     | Puerto Rico                             |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     | Kaplan Higher Education Corporation  |                                     | Delaware                                |                                     |              | 100           | %  
|                                                     |                                      | Andon Colleges, Inc.                |                                         | California                          |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      |                                     |                                         | DEST Education Corporation          |              | California    |     |        | 100  | %
|                                                     |                                      | CHI Acquisition Corp.               |                                         | Delaware                            |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      |                                     | Computer Hardware Service Company,
Inc. |                                     | Pennsylvania |               |     | 100    | %   
|                                                     |                                      | DBS Acquisition Corp.               |                                         | Virginia                            |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      | Educational Ventures (Texas), Inc.  |                                         | Delaware                            |              |               | 100 | %     
|                                                     |                                      |                                     | Texas Educational Ventures, LLP         |                                     | Texas        |               |     | 1      | %(a)
|                                                     |                                      | ICM Acquisition Corp.               |                                         | Delaware                            |              |               | 100 | %     





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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY(Continued)

|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |               |               |               |     |        |      |  |  | 
|------------------ | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | --- | ------ | ---- |  |  | 
|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |               |               | Jurisdiction  |     | % of  
|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |               |               | of            |     | Voting
|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |               |               | Incorporation |     | Stock 
|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |               |               | or            |     | Owned 
|Name of Subsidiary |                              | Organization                                                          |                                 | by Company   
|                   |                              |                                                                       |                                 |              
|                   |                              | HBC Acquisition Corp.                                                 |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Iowa College Acquisition Corp.                                        |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | MTSX Acquisition Corp.                                                |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Maric Learning Systems                                                |                                 | California    |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Nebraska Acquisition Corp.                                            |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | OIOPT Acquisition Corp.                                               |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Palo Vista College of Nursing & Allied Health
Sciences, Inc.          |                                 | California    |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Quest Ventures, LLC                                                   |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              |                                                                       | Texas Educational Ventures, LLP |               | Texas         |               |     | 99     | %(b)
|                   |                              | RETS Acquisition Corp.                                                |                                 | Massachusetts |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | SACMD Acquisition Corp.                                               |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Scottsdale Educational Center for
Allied Health Careers, Incorporated |                                 | Arizona       |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | New Hamsphire Acquisition Corp.                                       |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              |                                                                       | Hesser, Inc.                    |               | New Hampshire |               |     | 100    | %   
|                   |                              | Tesst-Kap, LLC                                                        |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Thompson Education, LLC                                               |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | Denver Acquisition Corp.                                              |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   | Score! Learning, Inc.        |                                                                       | Delaware                        |               |               | 100           | %  
|                   |                              | Score! Educational Centers, Inc.                                      |                                 | California    |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   |                              | eScore.com, Inc.                                                      |                                 | Delaware      |               |               | 100 | %     
|                   | Self Test Software, Inc.     |                                                                       | Georgia                         |               |               | 100           | %  
|Newsprint, Inc.    |                              | Virginia                                                              |                                 |               | 100           | %            
|Newsweek, Inc.     |                              | New York                                                              |                                 |               | 100           | %            
|                   | Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc. |                                                                       | Delaware                        |               |               | 100           | %  
|                   | Newsweek Productions, Inc.   |                                                                       | Delaware                        |               |               | 100           | %  
|                   | Newsweek Services, Inc.      |                                                                       | Delaware                        |               |               | 100           | %  

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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY(Continued)

|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          |               |     |        |    |      |  | 
|------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------- | --- | ------ | -- | ---- |  | 
|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          | Jurisdiction  |     | % of  
|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          | of            |     | Voting
|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          | Incorporation |     | Stock 
|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          | or            |     | Owned 
|Name of Subsidiary                               |                                                              | Organization                            |          | by Company   
|                                                 |                                                              |                                         |          |              
|                                                 | Newsweek Services (Canada), Inc.                             |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|Post-Newsweek Cable of North Dakota, Inc.        |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |               | 100 | %     
|Post-Newsweek Media, Inc.                        |                                                              | Maryland                                |          |               | 100 | %     
|Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.                     |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |               | 100 | %     
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc.                        |                                         | Florida  |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston GP, Inc.                     |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 |                                                              | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston, LP     |          | Delaware      |     |        | 1  | %(a)
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston Holdings
(Limited), Inc.     |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 |                                                              | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston, LP     |          | Delaware      |     |        | 99 | %(b)
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc.                       |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, Orlando, Inc.                        |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio GP, Inc.                 |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 |                                                              | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio, LP |          | Delaware      |     |        | 1  | %(a)
|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio Holdings
(Limited), Inc. |                                         | Delaware |               |     | 100    | % 
|                                                 |                                                              | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio, LP |          | Delaware      |     |        | 99 | %(b)
|Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation          |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |               | 100 | %     
|Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Company, LLC |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |               | 100 | %     

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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY(Continued)



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|(a) |  | General partnership interest.
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|(b) |  | Limited partnership interest.

As permitted by Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K, the foregoing list
omits certain subsidiaries which, if considered in the aggregate as a single
subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary as that term is
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.

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