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EXHIBIT 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY

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|Name of Subsidiary                                   |                                      | Organization                                            |               | by Company                         
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|Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited                 |                                      | Nova Scotia                                             |               |                                     | 49     | %            
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|Cable One, Inc.                                      |                                      | Delaware                                                |               |                                     | 100    | %            
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|Capitol Fiber, Inc.                                  |                                      | Maryland                                                |               |                                     | 80     | %            
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|The Daily Herald Company                             |                                      | Washington                                              |               |                                     | 100    | %            
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|Greater Washington Publishing, Inc.                  |                                      | Delaware                                                |               |                                     | 100    | %            
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|I.H.T. Corporation                                   |                                      | Delaware                                                |               |                                     | 50     | %            
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|                                                     | International Herald Tribune S.A.S   |                                                         | France        |                                     |        | 33-1/3        | %  
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|International Herald Tribune S.A.S                   |                                      | France                                                  |               |                                     | 33-1/3 | %            
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|Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News
Service, Inc. |                                      | D.C                                                     |               |                                     | 50     | %            
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|Kaplan, Inc.                                         |                                      | Delaware                                                |               |                                     | 100    | %            
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|                                                     | American Educational Resources, Inc. |                                                         | Massachusetts |                                     |        | 100           | %  
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|                                                     | Dearborn Publishing Group, Inc.      |                                                         | Delaware      |                                     |        | 100           | %  
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|                                                     |                                      | Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc.                     |               | Illinois                            |        |               | 100 | %     
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|                                                     |                                      | Dearborn Financial Institute, Inc.                      |               | Illinois                            |        |               | 100 | %     
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|                                                     |                                      |                                                         |               | Anthony Schools Corporation         |        | California    |     |        | 100 | %
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|                                                     |                                      |                                                         |               | Leonards Training Programs, Inc.   |        | Texas         |     |        | 100 | %
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|                                                     |                                      |                                                         |               | Prosource Educational Service, Inc. |        | Minnesota     |     |        | 100 | %
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|                                                     | Kaplan (Canada) Ltd.                 |                                                         | Ontario       |                                     |        | 100           | %  
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|                                                     | Kaplan (PR) Inc.                     |                                                         | Puerto Rico   |                                     |        | 100           | %  
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|                                                     | Quest Education Corporation          |                                                         | Delaware      |                                     |        | 100           | %  
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|                                                     |                                      | Andon Colleges, Inc.                                    |               | California                          |        |               | 100 | %     
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|                                                     |                                      |                                                         |               | DEST Education Corporation          |        | California    |     |        | 100 | %
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|                                                     |                                      | California Academy of Merchandising,
Art & Design, Inc. |               | Delaware                            |        |               | 100 | %     





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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
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|Name of Subsidiary |  | Organization                                                  |                                         | by Company  
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|                   |  | CHI Acquisition Corp.                                         |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  |                                                               | Computer Hardware Service Company,
Inc. |              | Pennsylvania |               |     | 100    | %   
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|                   |  | DBS Acquisition Corp.                                         |                                         | Virginia     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Educational Ventures (Texas), Inc.                            |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  |                                                               | Texas Educational Ventures, LLP         |              | Texas        |               |     | 1      | %(a)
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|                   |  | ICM Acquisition Corp.                                         |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | HBC Acquisition Corp.                                         |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Iowa College Acquisition Corporation                          |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | MTSX Acquisition Corp.                                        |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Maric Learning Systems                                        |                                         | California   |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Nebraska Acquisition Corp.                                    |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | OIOPT Acquisition Corp.                                       |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Palo Vista College of Nursing & Allied Health
Sciences, Inc.  |                                         | California   |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Quest Ventures, LLC                                           |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  |                                                               | Texas Educational Ventures, LLP         |              | Texas        |               |     | 99     | %(b)
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|                   |  | SACMD Acquisition Corp.                                       |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Scottsdale Educational Center for
Allied Health Careers, Inc. |                                         | Arizona      |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | New Hamsphire Acquisition Corp.                               |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  |                                                               |                                         | Hesser, Inc. |              | New Hampshire |     |        | 100  | %
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|                   |  | Thompson Education, LLC                                       |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     
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|                   |  | Denver Acquisition Corp.                                      |                                         | Delaware     |              |               | 100 | %     

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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
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|Name of Subsidiary                        |                                                          | Organization                            |          | by Company
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|                                          | Score! Learning, Inc.                                    |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          |                                                          | Score! Educational Centers, Inc.        |          | California |     |               | 100 | %     
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|                                          |                                                          | eScore.com, Inc.                        |          | Delaware   |     |               | 100 | %     
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|                                          | Self Test Software, Inc.                                 |                                         | Georgia  |            |     | 100           | %  
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|Newsprint, Inc.                           |                                                          | Virginia                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|Newsweek, Inc.                            |                                                          | New York                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|                                          | Newsweek Budget Travel, Inc.                             |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Newsweek Productions, Inc.                               |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Newsweek Services, Inc.                                  |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Newsweek Services (Canada), Inc.                         |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|Post-Newsweek Cable of North Dakota, Inc. |                                                          | Delaware                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|Post-Newsweek Media, Inc.                 |                                                          | Maryland                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.              |                                                          | Delaware                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc.                    |                                         | Florida  |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston GP, Inc.                 |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          |                                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston, LP     |          | Delaware   |     |               | 1   | %(a)  
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston Holdings
(Limited), Inc. |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          |                                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Houston, LP     |          | Delaware   |     |               | 99  | %(b)  
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc.                   |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, Orlando, Inc.                    |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio GP, Inc.             |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | %  
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|                                          |                                                          | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio, LP |          | Delaware   |     |               | 1   | %(a)  

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SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY
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|Name of Subsidiary                               |                                                              | Organization                            |          | by Company
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|                                                 | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio Holdings
(Limited), Inc. |                                         | Delaware |            |     | 100           | % 
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|                                                 |                                                              | Post-Newsweek Stations, San Antonio, LP |          | Delaware   |     |               | 99 | %(b)  
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|Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation          |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |            | 100 | %            
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|Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Company, LLC |                                                              | Delaware                                |          |            | 100 | %            



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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(v) of Regulation S-X.

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