EXHIBIT 99.1


For further information, contact:       Bruce Glabe
                                        Individual, Inc.
                                        (617) 273-6000 x 308
                                        glabe@individual.com

      INDIVIDUAL, INC. ANNOUNCES TERMINATION OF JOSEPH AMRAM'S EMPLOYMENT

       Burlington, MA August 7, 1996--Individual, Inc. (NASDAQ: INDV) announced 
today that the Board of Directors has terminated the employment of Joseph Amram.
Mr. Amram, a founder of the Company, has served as the Company's President and 
Chief Executive Officer. As previously announced on July 24, 1996, Mr. Amram has
been on an indefinite leave of absence from the Company. Mr. Amram remains a 
member of the Board of Directors.

       Also previously announced, the Company has commenced a search for a new 
Chief Executive Officer. The Board has established an Office of the President, 
consisting of Jan Bruce, Senior Vice President, Bruce Glabe, Executive Vice 
President and Robert Lentz, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer 
to manage the Company pending successful completion of this search.

       Individual, Inc. is a pioneer and leading innovator of electronic 
personalized information services. Through its exclusive information retrieval, 
filtering and delivery technologies, Individual brings highly relevant, 
precisely targeted news, information, and advertising to more than 280,000 
readers worldwide. Individual's services include: First! for corporate 
enterprises; NewsPage, a comprehensive custom news site on the World Wide Web 
(http://www.newspage.com); BookWire, a book and publishing information site on 
the Web (http://www.bookwire.com); and FreeLoader, the first Web off-line 
delivery service (http://www.freeloader.com). Individual's partners include 
Lotus, Knight-Ridder, Microsoft Corp., NETCOM, Netscape and Toshiba. Individual 
is headquartered in Burlington, Mass., with offices around the world. Visit 
Individual on the Web at http://www.individual.com.