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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                    FORM 8-K
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
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                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
      DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): NOVEMBER 24, 1998
 
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                      TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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                                    DELAWARE
                 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
 

                                            
                  333-42085                                     33-0778740
          (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)                (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
 
       8344 CLAIREMONT MESA BOULEVARD                              92111
            SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA                               (ZIP CODE)
  (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

 
                                 (619) 467-2800
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
 
     On November 24, 1998, TransWestern Publishing Company LLC signed a
definitive purchase agreement to acquire four telephone directories in Michigan
from Universal Phone Books, Inc. A press release regarding the acquisition is
attached as Exhibit 99.1.
 
                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on November 24, 1998 on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
                                       TRANSWESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC
                                                     (Registrant)
 
Date: November 24, 1998                 By:       /s/ JOAN M. FIORITO
 
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                                           Name: Joan M. Fiorito
                                           Title: Vice President, Chief
                                                  Financial Officer
                                              (Principal Financial and
                                                  Accounting Officer)
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                        DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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 99.1      Press Release

 
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