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Jan 03 – Jan 09, 2011 Edition McGraw-Hill to Announce Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) announced today that its fourth quarter and full year 2010 results will be issued on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 via news release before the start of NYSE trading. Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and CEO, and Jack Callahan, Executive Vice President and CFO, will host a conference call/webcast at 8:30 AM Eastern on February 1, 2011 to discuss the results. The news release will be available for downloading from http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/. The presentation is open to all interested parties and may include forward-looking information.

Webcast Instructions: Live and Replay

The webcast will be available live and in replay through the Corporation’s Investor Relations Web site at http://investor.mcgraw-hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=96562&eventID=3646443. (Please copy and paste URL into Web browser.) The archived replay will be available beginning two hours after the conclusion of the live call and will remain available for one year.