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Exhibit 21
List of Subsidiaries of PRIMEDIA
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Abracadabra Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Adams/Intertec International, Inc. Delaware
Adams/Laux Company, Inc. Delaware
AgriClick LLC Delaware
American Heat Video Productions, Inc. Missouri
The Apartment Guide of Nashville, Inc. Tennessee
Bacon's Information, Inc. Delaware
Bankers Consulting Company Missouri
Bowhunter Magazine, Inc. Pennsylvania
Calibre Press, Inc. Illinois
Cambridge Research Group, Ltd. West Virginia
Canadian Red Book, Inc. Canada
Canoe and Kayak, Inc. Delaware
Cardinal Business Media, Inc. Delaware
Cardinal Business Media Holdings, Inc. Delaware
Channel One Communications Corp. Delaware
Channel One Communications Interactive Inc. Delaware
Climbing, Inc. Delaware
CommCorp. LLC California
Communications Concepts, Inc. d/b/a Illustrated Nevada
Graphics Communications
ConsumerClick Corp. Delaware
Cover Concepts Marketing Services, LLC Delaware
Cowles History Group, Inc. Virginia
Creative Technologies LLC Delaware
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CSK Publishing Company, Inc. Delaware
Cumberland Publishing, Inc. Maryland
Digibid LLC Delaware
Electrical Construction LLC Delaware
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Inc. Delaware
Game and Fish Merger Subsidiary, Inc. Georgia
Go Lo Entertainment, Inc. California
GR8RIDE.com Delaware
Guias do Brasil, Ltda. Brazil
Guinn Communications, Inc. Tennessee
Haas Publishing Companies, Inc. Delaware
Horse & Rider, Inc. California
HPC Brazil, Inc. Delaware
HPC do Brasil Ltda. Brazil
HPC Interactive Inc. Delaware
HPC Interactive, LLC Delaware
IndustryClick Corp. Delaware
Industrial Training Systems Corporation New Jersey
Intellichoice, Inc. California
Intertec Publishing Corporation Delaware
Intertec Publishing (UK) Limited United Kingdom
Kagan Asia Media Ltd. England and Wales
Kagan Media Appraisals, Inc. California
Kagan Seminars, Inc. California
Kagan World Media Inc. Delaware
Kagan World Media Limited England and Wales
Kit Planes Acquisition Company Delaware
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Law Enforcement Television Network, Inc. Texas
Little Rock Apartment Guide, Inc. Arkansas
Lockert Jackson & Associates Washington
Low Rider Publishing Group, Inc. California
Maddux Publishing, Inc. Florida
MarketingClick LLC Delaware
McMullen Argus Publishing, Inc. California
MediaCentral LLC Delaware
The Memphis Apartment Guide, Inc. Tennessee
Meridian Education Corporation Illinois
Metro New York LLC Delaware
Miramar Communications, Inc. California
PKA Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Plaza Communications, Inc. California
PRIMEDIA Digital Video LLC Delaware
PRIMEDIA Enterprises, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Enthusiast Publications Inc. Pennsylvania
PRIMEDIA Holdings III, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Information, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA International Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Magazine Finance, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Magazines, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIANet Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Special Interest Publications Delaware
PRIMEDIA TeenClick Corp. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Ventures, Inc. Delaware
PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning LLC Delaware
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JURISDICTION OF
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PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning LP Delaware
Princeton/American Communications Co. New Jersey
Qwiz, Inc. Delaware
Qwiz (UK) Ltd. United Kingdom
RetailVision, Inc. Delaware
Simba Information, Inc. Connecticut
Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Inc. Alabama
TelecomClick LLC Delaware
TI-IN Acquisition Corporation Texas
TSECRP, Inc. California
Virtual Flyshop, Inc. Colorado
Wescott Communications Michigan, Inc. Michigan
Wescott ECI, Inc. Texas
Wescott PRIMEDIA Limited United Kingdom
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