Exhibit (a)(1)(I)
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CONTACT:
Ellis E. Cousens
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial & Operations Officer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
(212) 850-6534


                              HMI ACQUISITION CORP.
                            EXTENDS ITS TENDER OFFER
                             FOR HUNGRY MINDS, INC.

                    NEW EXPIRATION DATE IS SEPTEMBER 20, 2001

NEW YORK, NY (September 18, 2001) - In light of the calamitous events of the
last week, HMI Acquisition Corp., a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa)(NYSE:JWb), announced today that it has
extended the expiration date of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares
of common stock of Hungry Minds, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMIN). The new expiration date is
Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time. As of the
initial expiration date of midnight, New York City time, on September 17, 2001,
approximately 13,960,139 shares of HMIN common stock, which includes the
11,161,949 HMIN shares tendered by International Data Group, Inc. and IDG
Enterprises, Inc. pursuant to the Voting and Tender Agreement, dated as of
August 12, 2001, have been tendered, representing an aggregate of approximately
94.3% of HMIN common stock on a fully diluted basis.

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