EXHIBIT 23.1

                        Consent of Independent Accountants

          We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
          Prospectuses constituting part of the Registration Statements
          on Form S-3 (Nos. 33-59706, 33-72050, 33-73422, 33-63073, and
          333-145) and in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Nos.
          33-75134, 33-92920, 33-92922, 33-61931, and 333-00107) of
          SoftKey International Inc. ("SoftKey") of our report dated
          January 5, 1996 relating to the combined financial statements
          of Compton's New Media Group as of December 25, 1994 and for
          the fiscal year then ended, which appears in the Current
          Report on Form 8-K/A of SoftKey dated January 25, 1996.

          PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP

          Chicago, Illinois
          January 25, 1996