EXHIBIT 99.2



STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Lawrence R. Rutkowski, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
of PRIMEDIA Inc. and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent
covered report:

   - no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of
     the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report
     on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was
     filed); and

   - no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under
     which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered
     by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
     materials, as of the date on which it was filed).


(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

      - December 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of PRIMEDIA Inc.;

      - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
        proxy materials of PRIMEDIA Inc. filed with the Commission
        subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

      - any amendments to any of the foregoing.


/s/ Lawrence R. Rutkowski             Subscribed and sworn to
Lawrence R. Rutkowski                 before me this 14th day of
August 14, 2002                       August 2002.


                                      /s/ Sherry McCorey
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Notary Public

                                      My Commission Expires: March 27, 2003