METASOURCE GROUP, INC. ACQUIRES INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT GROUP

New York/London--- December 18, 2002--- MetaSource Group, Inc. today announced
its acquisition of International Trade and Development Group Ltd (ITD) of
London. ITD is the parent of Craft Digital, Craft Media and OutsourceWorld. The
acquisition broadens MetaSource's marketing solutions and software services for
global businesses.

ITD marketing and software solutions include email and wireless marketing
application development, data procurement and management, market research and
events planning. ITD is also the organizer of OutSourceWorld, held in New York
and London, the world's leading meeting place for outsourcing vendors and
buyers. Top clients include McCann Erickson, Reeds Exhibitions, the Financial
Times, Penton Media, Faulds and AutoTrader.

Commenting on the merger, James Freeman, Managing Director of ITD, said "ITD has
seen steady growth in sales and cash flow despite the general cutback in
marketing budgets. Joining the MetaSource family creates a slew of new
opportunities to enhance our service offerings to our clients in Europe and the
US."

Courtney Smith, CEO and Chairman of MetaSource Group, said "ITD brings a wealth
of assets to our company, from both a marketing and application devlopment
perspective. We intend to exploit immediate opportunities toward new sales and
offerings as ITD works with our other subsidiaries."

For further information on ITD, please visit www.craft-digital.com or
www.outsourceworld.org.

MetaSource Group is a consortium of companies that design and implement software
and provide research and consulting services to businesses around the world.
Services range from application development to research on current IT trends to
conferences and publications for IT decisionmakers from the world's leading
companies.

MetaSource trades in the US under the symbol MTSRE and is headquartered in New
York City, with offices throughout the US and the UK. For further information
please visit www.metasourcegroup.com.

For more information:

For ITD, James Freeman, London, England, 44 870 774 0016

For MetaSource Group, Rajul Mathur, New York, NY 646 805 5141

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Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. Actual results, events and circumstances (including future
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results, the uncertainty of market acceptance of the Company's products,
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