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The goal of the Think Tank is to share ideas and distill best practices on
these issues with the hope of recommending next steps to the broader
community . The
Think Tank is about moving issues forward. IR Magazine Conferences
provide the worldwide IR audience with a forum for discussion, information
and communication.marketwire. And, although nearly one-in-five children
in America is Hispanic, no one has documented the impact that Latinos have had
on the United States until now.

About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and
distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology.

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"This series brings together big thinkers in the IR community and provides
a venue for two-way communication between financial analysts, corporate and
agency IR professionals and companies like ours who provide critical
services to busy IR professionals. No more PowerPoint talking around the issues. "We think that people
will want to purchase it even after they've seen it for free.

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Since distributing corporate and
financial news is what we do, we are facilitating this critical dialogue in
order to gain a deeper understanding of how we can better help our IR
customers achieve their goals. They are an opportunity for IR professionals to educate
themselves about new industry services, network with others in the
industry, and get practical advice from a wide range of experts. Market Wire offers the best value in the
newswire industry, boasting the most secure , cost-effective, and
comprehensive distribution of news with real-time news feeds to AP, Dow
Jones , Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo!, MarketWatch, AOL, MSNBC, Motley Fool,
Lexis-Nexis, Factiva and thousands of other leading websites, newswires,
and databases.com.
Ilan Stavans, the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino
Culture at Amherst College and host of PBS' La Plaza: Conversations with Ilan
Stavans, served as editor in chief.S. The Company distributes its products and services through a
variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs,
school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity
programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the
Company's Internet site, http://www.

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"Yet the voice of IR itself is rarely heard.

Filmmaker David Moore's Latest Work To Be Released Via Internet Today

(Photo: http://www."
History's Hidden Engine explores society's moods and how shifts in overall
mood affect areas as disparate as fashion, movies, politics, the economy and
the tendency to make war . society, from baseball to politics, and discusses Latino influences on
U.

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The agenda for the day has been set by the IR officers attending.

The Think Tank is a closed-door, invitation -only event. The results of the
sessions will be published as a separate article in an upcoming issue of IR
magazine.newscom. Then those who wish can
purchase a copy in DVD format.
Moore spent more than three years researching, filming and producing the
documentary.
To develop Encyclopedia Latina, Stavans assembled a who's-who editorial
advisory board of such prominent Latino figures as Ray Suarez of PBS' The
NewsHour; Jorge Ramos of Univision; Richard Delgado, author of The Latino /a
Condition: A Critical Reader, The Coming Race War, and Critical Race Theory;
and the
encyclopedia canvasses the widespread influence that Latinos have left in
every facet of U. culture, from burritos and pop music to literature and education. "The new Encyclopedia Latina reflects the
diversity of the students we serve and will be in important addition to school
and public library collections .
Children's Press offers primarily non-fiction series for elementary and middle
schools, while Franklin Watts focuses on non-fiction for the high school
market.

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PRESS RELEASE Market Wire CEO to Lead Earnings Guidance Panel at Second U.S. IR Magazine Think Tank

S. Where appropriate, the ideas of the Think Tank will also be
shared with various organizations such as the SEC, the CFA Institute and
others - to bring about positive change in the industry. Incorporated in January 1999, the Company entered into an alliance
with NASDAQ in April 2003, whereby Market Wire became the preferred
provider of press release
distribution services to NASDAQ-listed companies.
"For eight decades, Scholastic has inspired young people from all walks of
life with a love of learning and books," comments Greg Worrell, president of
Scholastic Library Publishing."
Scholastic Library Publishing creates a multitude of products, both in
print and online, for the school and public library market under the imprints
of Grolier(R), Children's Press(R), Franklin Watts(R), and Grolier Online(TM).

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S. companies are gathering
to discuss critical issues facing the investor relations community. They have
indicated interest in new approaches to the following hot-button topics:

-- The changing research environment - managing your equity analyst
coverage
-- Targeting the buy side
-- Earnings guidance
-- Facing off with activist investors

Market Wire's McGovern will discuss best practices for providing and
communicating earnings guidance with a panel of industry leaders including
Jerome Birn, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; David Dropsey,
research analyst, Thomson First Call; and Bret Schaefer, VP of IR, Sun
Microsystems. For more
information, please visit www.

About Market Wire

Market Wire is a full-service distributor of company press releases and
financial news announcements. ATLANTA, Award-winning independent filmmaker
David Moore announced today that his latest work, a one-hour documentary three
years in the making, will be available for viewing via the internet at 12 noon
Eastern. Viewers anywhere can watch
History's Hidden Engine on their PCs for free. This appears to be the first-ever major
documentary to be released in such a manner. Moore says he was inspired to create the movie by
"Popular Culture and the Stock Market ," a report by financial analyst Robert
Prechter. First-ever comprehensive reference to chronicle
Latino contributions to United States history and culture

NEW YORK , Scholastic Library Publishing, a
division of Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media
company, today announces the release of Encyclopedia Latina: History, Culture
and Society in the United States, the first interdisciplinary reference book
to chronicle Latino contributions to art, culture and commerce in the United
States.
Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products
for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines ,
technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film,
videos and toys.

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On March 2, 2006 at the Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto,
California, representatives from more than 60 U. In its
second year in the United States, the Think Tank is being organized by IR
magazine , the global monthly publication for the investor relations
community."

About IR magazine and IR Magazine Conferences

Published in New York and London by its parent company, Cross Border , IR
magazine is the only global publication focused on the interface between
companies and their investors." Nonetheless,
he liked the challenge of creating a film that includes the views of an
increasing number of experts who are looking into the emerging theory called
socionomics.socionomics .net/HHE/stream beginning Friday, March 31, at 12 noon
Eastern.2 million words,
Encyclopedia Latina explores every aspect of Latino life in America from a
myriad of perspectives, spanning the arts , media, cuisine, government and
politics, science and technology, business, health, and sports, among others. Called "the czar of Latino culture in the
United States" by The New York Times, Stavans is the author of several
best-selling books on Latino culture and Spanish language.S.scholastic.

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IR Think Tank. Supporting organizations for this year's event include: NASDAQ,
Market Wire, The FT, and Bank of America.

"Investor relations is right in the middle of corporate governance, disclosure , and stock
research, and it's all about communicating," said IR magazine's editor for
the Americas , Neil Stewart.com.

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For more information about the
event, please visit www.

"Market Wire is pleased to participate for a second year in IR magazine's
Think Tank series," said Jim McGovern, president and CEO of Market Wire.irmagazine.com. Market Wire's news is directly integrated into the editorial
systems of hundreds of newspapers and broadcast outlets, and is also sent
to more than 30,000 individual journalists. The Company has more than 3,000
clients.

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The film's distribution campaign is innovative. Moore quickly realized that "the ideas behind this field are too new
and complex to explore in every aspect in a single documentary.

Scholastic Library Publishing Debuts Encyclopedia Latina: History Culture and Society in the United States

With more than 40 million Hispanics living in the United States,
Latinos are the largest minority group, representing the largest and fastest
growing minority youth population. life . Grolier publishes encyclopedias and is best known for the brands
Encyclopedia Americana(R) and The New Book of Knowledge(R). Grolier Online is
a self-contained, non-commercial electronic gateway offering thousands of
resources for student research, including the Encyclopedia Americana Online ,
The New Book of Knowledge Online and the Spanish language encyclopedia Cumbre
en linea(TM) - - serving more than 18 million students and teachers.

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Market Wire, a full-service distributor of
company press releases and material news, announced today that
President and CEO Jim McGovern will lead a distinguished panel of experts
at IR magazine's second U.irmagazineusthinktank.com.
The Think Tank provides a platform for thought-leaders in this community to
crank up the volume.

A full listing of the company's products and specific distribution points
can be found at www .
"It's an experiment," says spokesperson Mark Almand.
History's Hidden Engine will be available for streaming and downloading
from http://www.
In its four volumes, 650 entries , 2000 pages and 1. Encyclopedia Latina examines the roles of Latinos
in U.S.