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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
The Board of Directors
EDGAR Online, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form
S-3 of EDGAR Online, Inc. of our report dated February 1, 2000 relating to the
balance sheets of EDGAR Online, Inc. as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the
related statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity (deficit) and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999 and the related schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
annual report on Form 10-K of EDGAR Online, Inc.
/s/KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Stamford CT
July 14, 2000
