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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2
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                                                           For Immediate Release
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       THE LEARNING COMPANY, INC. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MINDSCAPE, INC.

         March 27, 1998

         CAMBRIDGE, Mass., THE LEARNING COMPANY, INC. (NYSE:TLC), announced
         today that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of
         Mindscape, Inc., a leading publisher of education, productivity and
         entertainment software, from certain affiliates of Pearson plc. The
         Learning Company purchased Mindscape for a purchase price of $150
         million.

         Mindscape, Inc., based in Novato, Calif., is the publisher of many
         award winning productivity, reference and educational titles including
         Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, The Complete National Geographic
         Collection, Print Master Platinum, Chessmaster 5500 and The Princeton
         Review: Inside the SAT & ACT. Mindscape had revenues of approximately
         $130 million in its most recent year ended December 31, 1997.

         The Learning Company, Inc. (NYSE:TLC) develops, publishes and markets a
         family of premium software brands that educate across every age, from
         young children to adults. The company's products are sold in more than
         23,000 retail stores in North America and through multiple distribution
         channels including school sales, online, direct marketing and OEM. The
         company also develops, publishes and distributes products
         internationally through subsidiaries in France, Germany, the United
         Kingdom, Holland and Japan, and with distributors throughout Europe,
         Latin America and the Pacific Rim. The company's corporate headquarters
         are located at One Athenaeum Street, Cambridge, Mass. 02142; telephone
         (617) 494-1200; fax (617) 494-1219. The corporate Web site is located
         at www.learningco.com, and Customer Service can be reached at (617)
         494-5700.

         NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks are properties of their
         respective holders.

For additional information contact:

                  John Suske
                  Investor Relations
                  The Learning Company, Inc.
                  (617) 494-5816
                  jsuske@learningco.com

                  R. Scott Murray                                               
                  Executive Vice President and                                  
                  Chief Financial Officer                                       
                  The Learning Company, Inc.                                    
                  (617) 494-5861                                                
                  smurray@learningco.com

                  Susan Getgood
                  Director of Corporate
                    Communications
                  The Learning Company, Inc.
                  (617) 494-1200
                  sgetgood@learningco.com