SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
         
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 1996
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                               Individual, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


          Delaware                       0-27734                04-3036959
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(State or Other Jurisdiction           (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer 
     of Incorporation)                 File Number)          Identification No.)
                                 
8 New England Executive Park W.
Burlington, Massachusetts                                           01803
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(Address of Principal Executive                                  (Zip Code)
Offices)                       



      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (617) 273-6000
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Item 5.    Other Events.

        The Board of Directors of Individual, Inc. (the "Company") has
terminated the employment of Joseph A. Amram, a founder and former President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

        The Company has commenced a search for a new Chief Executive Officer.
The Board has established an Office of the President consisting of Janesse T.
Bruce, the Company's Senior Vice President and General Manager, Internet and
Single-User Services, Bruce D. Glabe, the Company's Executive Vice President,
and Robert L. Lentz, the Company's Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer, to manage the Company pending successful completion of the search. The
Company has elected William A. Devereaux, a director of the Company since 1989,
to serve as Chairman of the Board.
        
                                                          
         There can be no assurance that the management changes implemented by 
the Company, including the termination of Mr. Amram, the establishment of the 
Office of the President and the search for a new Chief Executive Officer, will
not have a material adverse affect on the Company's business, results of
operations and financial condition, as well as on perceptions of the Company by
current and prospective investors. Ms. Bruce and Mr. Lentz have been with the
Company for only a short period of time, having joined the Company in January
1996 and March 1996, respectively. Mr. Glabe has been with the Company since May
1994. There can be no assurance that Ms. Bruce, Mr. Glabe and Mr. Lentz will be
able to effectively manage the Company pending the search for a new Chief
Executive Officer. In addition, there can be no assurance that the Company will
be successful in recruiting a new Chief Executive Officer in a timely fashion,
or that a new Chief Executive Officer, if hired, will be able to successfully
manage the Company.

  For additional information concerning these management changes, see the
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Company's press release dated August 7, 1996, a copy of which is attached to
this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.
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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


        (c)  Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.     Description
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99.1            Press Release of Individual, Inc. dated August 7, 1996

 
                                   SIGNATURES


          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                             Individual, Inc.
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                                             (Registrant)


Date: August 8, 1996                         /s/ Robert L. Lentz
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                                             Robert L. Lentz
                                             Vice President, Finance and Chief
                                             Financial Officer

 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit No.                       Description
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99.1           Press Release of Individual, Inc. dated August 7, 1996