Exhibit 99.1

               [The Dialog Corporation plc Letterhead]

                The Dialog Corporation, AGM Statement

      Cary, N.C. and London -- 1 July 1999 -- The Annual General Meeting of
The Dialog Corporation plc (LSE: DLG, NASDAQ: DIAL) was held today.

At the meeting the Chairman, Allen Thomas, made the following statement:

      "The Company has previously announced that we are in discussions with
a number of parties regarding ways of restructuring the Group's debt in
order to permit more effective use of its cash flows in the high growth
market opportunities of Information Services, Web Solutions and eCommerce.
These discussions are continuing and I am pleased to announce that Salomon
Smith Barney has been appointed to assist the Company in this process
together with The Chase Manhattan Bank.

      "We believe that the combination of these two world class and
internationally established financial advisors will ensure timely success
in our refinancing initiative.

      "The Company continues to focus on the growth drivers of the
business, including the development, launch and sale of new innovative
solutions for our corporate customer base, and the realisation of
opportunities to maximise the value of our technology and database assets.
Early work with our most recently announced alliance partner, Fujitsu, is
progressing well, and we expect considerable benefits to flow from this
relationship.

      "On the basis of trading in 1999 to date the Board is confident of a
satisfactory outcome for the year as a whole.

      "As previously announced and after 11 years as Chairman of the
Company, Michael Mander has today stepped down as a Director. The entire
Board joins me in thanking Michael for his firm, patient leadership and
wise counsel. We wish him good health and happiness in the future. His
experience and vision in guiding the Group has contributed strongly to its
current market leadership position."

      The Dialog Corporation plc (http://www.dialog.com) is a leading
provider of Internet-based information, technology and eCommerce solutions
to the corporate market, created by the merger of M.A.I.D plc and
Knight-Ridder Information Inc. Dialog provides a range of technologies and
services for Internet and intranet-based knowledge management and eCommerce
applications. The Company's InfoSort indexing technology is widely
perceived to offer an industry standard for information categorization,
while the DIALOG, DataStar and Profound range of products and services
provide comprehensive, authoritative sources of information to
professionals worldwide. The Dialog Corporation has world headquarters in
London and US headquarters in Cary, NC. Its American Depositary Shares
(ADS) are traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "DIAL" with four Ordinary
Shares comprising one ADS; its Ordinary Shares trade on the London Stock
Exchange under the symbol "DLG."

      This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are subject to the "safe harbor"
created by those sections. The forward-looking statements can be identified
by terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate,"
"anticipate," "inevitable," "believe" or "continue" or variations thereon,
and include, among others, the launch dates of the Company's products noted
above. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those
discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors,
including, among others, those set forth under the caption "Risk Factors"
in the Company's most recent Report on Form 20-F or generally in the
Company's Reports on Form 6-K. The Company disclaims any obligation to
update these forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events.

CONTACTS:         The Dialog Corporation, New York
                  Kristian Talvitie, U.S. Investor Relations
                  212/ 381-1824
                  kristian_talvitie@dialog.com
                        or
                  Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated, New York
                  212/ 835-8500
                  dial@jcir.com