Exhibit 21

                              SUBSIDIARIES OF K-III

The Apartment Guide of Nashville, Inc.    
Argus Publishers Corporation              
American Heat Video Productions, Inc.     
ASTN, Inc.                                
A WEP Company                             
Bacon's Information, Inc.                 
Bankers Consulting Company                
Cardinal Business Media, Inc.             
Cardinal Business Media Holdings, Inc.    
Channel One Communications Corp.          
Cover Concepts Marketing Services, LLC    
CSK Publishing Company Incorporated       
DRF Finance, Inc.                         
Daily Racing Form, Inc.                   
Data Book, Inc.                           
The Electronics Source Book, Inc.         
Excellence in Training Corporation        
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Inc. 
Funk & Wagnalls Yearbook Corp.            
Gareth Stevens, Inc.                      
GO LO Entertainment, Inc.
Guinn Communications, Inc.
Haas Publishing Companies, Inc.
Health & Sciences Network, Inc.
Intermodal Publishing Company, Ltd.
IDTN Leasing Corporation
Industrial Training Systems Corporation
IntelliChoice, Inc.
Intertec Market Reports, Inc.
Intertec Presentations, Inc.
Intertec Publishing Corporation
K-III HPC, Inc.
K-III Prime Corporation
Law Enforcement Television Network, Inc.
Lifetime Learning Systems, Inc.
Little Rock Apartment Guide, Inc.
Lockert Jackson & Associates, Inc.
McMullen Argus Publishing, Inc.
Memphis Apartment Guide, Inc.
Musical America Publishing, Inc.
Nelson Information, Inc.
Park Avenue Publishing, Inc.              
Pictorial, Inc.                           
Plaza Communications, Inc.                
PRIMEDIA Holdings III Inc.                
PRIMEDIA Information Inc.                 
PRIMEDIA Magazines Inc.                   
PRIMEDIA Magazines Finance Inc.           
PRIMEDIA Reference Inc.                   
PRIMEDIA Special Interest Publications Inc
PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning, Inc.         
QWIZ, Inc.                                
R.E.R. Publishing Corporation             
Straight Down, Inc.                       
Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Inc.     
Tel-A-Train, Inc.                         
TI-IN Aquisition Corporation              
Weekly Reader Corporation                 
Westcott Communications Michigan, Inc.    
Westcott ECI, Inc.                        
Western Empire Publications, Inc.