EXHIBIT 5.1

















                                   September  11,  1997
INDIVIDUAL,  INC.
8  New  England  Executive  Park  West
Burlington,  MA  01803

RE:            Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3
      Relating  to  1,689,530  shares  of  Common  Stock
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Dear  Sir  or  Madam:
     We  are  counsel  to  INDIVIDUAL,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"),  and  have  represented  the  Company  in  connection  with  the
preparation  and  filing  of  the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(the  "Registration  Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
covering  an aggregate of 1,639,530 outstanding shares of the Company's Common
Stock,  $.01  par  value  per  share (the "Shares") and an aggregate of 50,000
shares  of  the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Warrant
Shares")  which  are issuable upon exercise of a Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(the  "Warrant") more particularly described in the Registration Statement and
filed  as  an  Exhibit  thereto.

     We  have  reviewed  the  corporate  proceedings  taken  by  the  Board of
Directors of the Company with respect to the authorization and issuance of the
Shares  and  the  Warrant.  We have also examined and relied upon originals or
copies,  certified  or  otherwise  authenticated  to  our satisfaction, of all
corporate  records,  documents, agreements or other instruments of the Company
and  have made all investigations of law and have discussed with the Company's
officers  all  questions of fact that we have deemed necessary or appropriate.

     Based  upon  and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares are legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and upon exercise of
the Warrant in accordance with its terms and conditions and payment as therein
provided,  the  Warrant Shares will have been legally issued and will be fully
paid  and  non-assessable.
     We  hereby  consent  to  the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration  Statement  and  to  the  reference to our firm in the Prospectus
contained  in  the  Registration  Statement under the caption "Legal Matters."
Very  truly  yours,
/s/  Testa,  Hurwitz  &  Thibeault,  LLP
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Testa,  Hurwitz  &  Thibeault,  LLP