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To: Joe Copia who wrote (24572)	5/8/2002 8:11:56 AM
From: Joe Copia	Respond to of 25711

Also, will NTRT be a short today? Wednesday May 8, 5:35 am Eastern Time Dutch VNU To Take Over E-Ratings.com AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- Dutch information vendor VNU NV (N.VNU) said Wednesday that its Internet audience measurement unit NetRatings Inc. (NTRT) will buy an 80.1% stake in ACNielsen E-Ratings.com for $9.6 million worth of NetRatings stock. NetRatings, which already owned the other 19.9% of ACNielsen E-Ratings, is 64% -owned by VNU. ACNielsen E-Ratings is an Internet audience measurement company operating outside the U.S. It is currently 80.1% owned by TV ratings company ACNielsen Corp. (X.ACX). AC Nielsen is, itself, a unit of VNU. VNU said E-Ratings would complement NetRatings' U.S. activities. NetRatings will pay for E-Ratings with 749,341 new shares, but VNU said it will maintain control of the company despite the dilution. In a separate transaction, VNU said it has settled a patent lawsuit with competing Internet measurement company Jupiter Media Metrix Inc. (JMXI) for $15 million, and will pay Jupiter an additional $2 million to take over Jupiter's European Internet measurement contracts. Company Web site: vnu.com; www.netratings.com