VIACOM NEW MEDIA AND SIMON & SCHUSTER INTERACTIVE SIGNED TO EXHIBIT AT
MILIA '95

Second Annual International Multimedia Content Market Attracts Key U.S.
Players for Exhibition

(Paris, France, October 10, 1994) -- REED MIDEM Organisation, organizers of
MILIA '95, announces that SIMON & SCHUSTER INTERACTIVE and VIACOM NEW
MEDIA and have confirmed participation as exhibitors for MILIA '95, the
second annual International Publishing and New Media Market. To date, more
than 60 U.S. companies have reserved space on the exhibition floor, and
over 260 companies worldwide are confirmed to exhibit (a 50% increase
compared to September '94). MILIA '95 will take place in Cannes, France
January 13-16, 1995.

"Multimedia publishing is a rapidly growing business with enormous global
potential," said Peter Yunich, President, SIMON & SCHUSTER INTERACTIVE.
"In an industry that thrives on creative collaboration and innovative
partnerships, we're looking forward to the opportunity to exchange ideas
and to reach a captive audience at MILIA '95."

"We always are looking aggressively for the best talent with whom to work
at VIACOM NEW MEDIA, and MILIA will give us the opportunity to not only
extend our creative base internationally, but also to forge new business
relationships." added Michele DiLorenzo, President of VIACOM NEW MEDIA.

American companies will have a strong presence at MILIA '95, with U.S.
exhibitors including: Apple, Continuum Productions, The Discovery Channel,
Fibercast, Great Bear Technology Inc, HyperBole, Little Brown, Compton's
New Media, Microsoft, Sanctuary Woods, Simon & Schuster Interactive,
Mindscape (formally Software Toolworks), Time Inc, Time Warner
Interactive, Virgin Sound and Vision, Voyager, U.S. West, Viacom New
Media, WordPerfect Corp and On Line Computer Systems, among many others.

MILA brings together key players in the development of multimedia titles
from the converging industries: book publishing, games, film, video, music
production, as well as computing and telecommunications. MILIA is a unique
venue for participants to form joint-ventures and new deals for
international co-productions for all media, buy and sell rights and
negotiate distribution agreements.

During these four days, professionals will also be able to participate in a
vast conference programme, where workshops and round tables, role-playing
and case-studies will deal with the major concerns within the industry:
creations and legal issues as well as production, on-line and CD-ROM
distribution.

SIMON & SCHUSTER, the publishing operation of VIACOM Inc., is one of the
world's leading publishers of education, consumer, business and reference
materials. Principal imprints include Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books,
Scribner, The Free Press, Prentice Hall, Silver Burdett Ginn, Macmillian
Publishing. Additionally, SIMON & SCHUSTER's Computer Curriculum Corp. is
the country's foremost and fastest-growing producer of computer-based
learning systems.

SIMON & SCHUSTER INTERACTIVE develops and markets interactive
entertainment, education and reference titles for the consumer market. The
division was formed in 1994 to leverage its parent company's vast library
of intellectual properties and to create original multimedia products.

VIACOM NEW MEDIA, along with VIACOM INTERACTIVE SERVICES, is part of VIACOM
INTERACTIVE MEDIA. As the company's software publishing unit, VIACOM NEW
MEDIA develops, produces, publishes, markets and distributes interactive
software across all platforms in the multimedia marketplace.

VIACOM Inc. is a global leader in entertainment and publishing, with an
array of world-class franchises and brand names participating in nearly
every segment of the communications marketplace.

REED MIDEM Organisation
475 Park Ave South, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-689-4220,  fax 212-689-4348

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