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                                                                      EXHIBIT 16


   
                                            January 29, 1998

    




Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549


Ladies and Gentlemen:

   
We were previously principal accountants for MCM Group, Inc. and subsidiaries
(MGI), formerly McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc. and subsidiaries, and, under
the date of January 26, 1996, we reported on the consolidated financial
statements of McCarthy, Crisanti & Maffei, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for
the years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994. As of August 31, 1996 our
appointment as principal accountant was terminated. We have read MGI's
statements included in the Experts section of its amended Form S-4, and we
agree with such statements.
    



                                        Very truly yours,




                                        /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP