Magic Lantern Group Signs Strategic Agreement With Division of The Thomson Corporation

Magic Lantern Group Signs Strategic Agreement With Division of
The Thomson Corporation 


NEW YORK, Sept. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Magic Lantern Group, Inc.
(AMEX:GML), announced today that the Company has entered into a distribution
agreement with Nelson Thomson Delmar Learning, a division of The Thomson
Corporation, a leading global provider of integrated information solutions to
business and professional customers.

The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/), with 2003 revenues from
continuing operations of $7.44 billion, is a global leader in providing
integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.
Thomson Delmar Learning is a division of Thomson Canada Limited (The Thomson
Corporation).  According to the agreement, Magic Lantern Group has gained the
rights to distribute Delmar Learning career education products, representing
more than 500 titles on video.

Magic Lantern Group President and CEO Bob Goddard stated, "The Thomson
Corporation and Delmar Learning are respected world leaders in information
services. From introductory coursework to professional continuing education,
the Thomson Corporation supplies us with industry-leading professional
certification programs to grow our post-secondary educational market share and
strategically build out our Magic Vision Digital Media division. The addition
of this new content should increase our revenues stemming from our educational
institutional customers by up to 35%."

Leading titles included in the agreement extend Magic Lantern Group's product
offering in subjects such as healthcare; automotive; building
trades/construction; cosmetology; driver's education; electrical; technical
trade; paralegal and many other career educational titles. Delmar Learning's
videos will reach new Ministries of Education; schools; school boards and
districts; colleges, educational institutions, including libraries; and a broad
spectrum of customers within the business, industry, and government sectors
throughout Canada.

Delmar Learning (http://www.delmar.com/ and http://www.delmarlearning.com/) is
part of Thomson Learning and a leading provider of lifelong learning products
and services for the health care, technology and trades, and career education
markets. Delmar Learning's market-leading imprints include Autodesk Press,
OnWord Press, Singular Publishing Group, Milady and West Legal Studies. The
Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock
exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

About Magic Lantern Group, Inc.

Magic Lantern Group, Inc. is a leading, global distributor of learning videos
serving more than 10,000 schools, libraries and social agencies in North
American and international markets. With 40,000 programs from 300
world-renowned producers including Disney Educational Media, Schlessinger,
Annenberg/CPB and Dorling Kindersley, the Company's educational products
include: Magic Lantern InSite(TM), a digital streaming video product for
schools, libraries and universities and TutorBuddy(TM), an at-home e-learning
product for students and teachers.

Leveraging its position as one of the most highly respected brands in video
educational delivery, the Company is pursuing multiple sales verticals to
maximize total revenues.  Magic Lantern Group operates three strategic
subsidiaries: Magic Lantern Communications, a global distributor of video
content to schools, universities and libraries; Magic Vision Digital Media,
Inc., an emerging provider of on-demand sports entertainment, health and
business digitized content; and Sonoptic Technologies, a leading provider of
online, next-generation digital technology solutions. For more information,
visit the Company's websites: http://www.magiclanterngroup.com/ and
http://www.mv-dm.com/ .

For more information: For investor relations, contact Gary Geraci, National
Financial Network, 781-444-6100 ext. 629, email: . At the Company, contact
Lorraine Villa, Executive Assistant to the CEO, , 800-263-1717 ext.2450.

This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company
has tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements
using words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "plans,"
"intends," "potential" and similar expressions. These statements reflect the
company's current beliefs and are based upon currently available information.
Accordingly, such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which could cause the company's actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by such statements. The company undertakes no obligation to update or
advise in the event of any change, addition or alteration to the information
catered in this press release including such forward-looking statements. 

DATASOURCE: Magic Lantern Group, Inc.



CONTACT:  Lorraine Villa, Executive Assistant to the CEO of Magic Lantern

Group, [phone], ext.2450, or ; or Investor

Relations: Gary Geraci of National Financial Network, [phone], ext.

629, or 



Web site:  http://www.magiclantern.ca/

http://www.thomson.com/

http://www.magiclanterngroup.com/

http://www.mv-dm.com/

http://www.delmar.com/

http://www.delmarlearning.com/ 

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