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July 12 – July 18, 2010 Edition McGraw-Hill to Release Quarterly Results July 23

NEW YORK, NY/AUTHORLINK NEWS/July 7, 2010–The McGraw-Hill Companies will report its second quarter 2010 results via news release before the start of NYSE trading on Friday, July 23, 2010. The report will be available for downloading from http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert J. Bahash, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call that morning at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. The presentation will be open to all interested parties and will be available by Webcast and by telephone. Discussions may include forward-looking information. Additional information presented during the call may be made available on the Investor Presentations page at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/investor_relations.

The Webcast will be available live and in replay at http://investor.mcgraw-hill.com/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=96562&eventID=3208170.