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Dialog Appoints Viji Krishnan VP, Content Development with Global Responsibility

LONDON — 23 August, 2002 — Dialog, a Thomson (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, announced today that Viji Krishnan has been appointed vice president, content development, with global responsibility.

Krishnan manages the collection and licensing of content gathered worldwide from publishers, information aggregators, specialized data services and others, and made available through the various online information services offered by Dialog.

"I am delighted to announce the promotion of Viji Krishnan to this key and challenging role at Dialog," said Roy M. Martin, Jr., Dialog CEO and president. "Viji has an incredible knowledge of the markets we serve and how the content we offer best serves our users. She is an outstanding leader and a key member of our management team."

Krishnan began her Dialog career in 1997 when she joined one of the company's predecessor organizations as a project manager. The following year, she was promoted to content director with extensive responsibilities for licensing. In 2000, she was appointed vice president for London-based content activities.

In her new position, Krishnan now has worldwide responsibilities. She will remain based at the Dialog office in London.

Prior to joining Dialog's predecessor company, Krishnan worked as a new business consultant for British Telecom, as a personal financial consultant for Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd, London, and as a manager for Standard Chartered Bank, India.

Krishnan holds a master's in business administration in marketing from City University Business School, London. She also holds a master's in business administration from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, where she ranked first in her class. Her undergraduate degree, in business commerce, is from Madras University, India, where she earned first class honours.

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About Dialog
Founded in 1972 by Dr. Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, Dialog is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organizations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as business, science, engineering, finance and law.

Today, Dialog's online services – offered through the Dialog®, Dialog Profound®, Dialog DataStar™, NewsEdge and Intelligence Data brands – give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data.

Corporate librarians, knowledge managers, other information professionals and end-users at more than 25,000 business, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.

Headquartered in Cary, N.C., USA, with direct operations in 31 other countries worldwide, Dialog is a business of The Thomson Corporation. For more information about Dialog, please visit www.dialog.com. Or, please call (U.S./Canada) 800-3-DIALOG or (U.S.) 919-462-8600. Dialog's London office may be reached at (44) (0) 207-940-6900.

About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2001 revenues of US$7.2 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software applications and tools to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

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