Re Directorate

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
15 January 2001

          BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC (the 'Company' or 'Bloomsbury')


                                Re Directorate


The Company was notified today that Charles Black, a director of the Company
and the chairman and joint managing director of A&C Black plc ('A&C Black')
prior to its acquisition by the Company last year, has retired from the board
of Bloomsbury with effect from 15 January 2001, although he shall remain a
non-executive director of the A&C Black subsidiary board. Charles Black was
appointed to the board of Bloomsbury following the acquisition of A&C Black in
order to ensure the continuity of management and operating style of A&C Black
and it had always been planned that he would retire from the board following A
&C Black's successful integration with Bloomsbury.




15 January 2001