CODIE AWARDS JUDGES CHOOSE EDGAR® ONLINE® PRO AS FINALIST

Service a Contender for Awards in Two Categories of SIIA Program

SOUTH NORWALK, Conn. – January 19, 2005 -- EDGAR® Online®, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR), a leading provider of value-added global business and financial information, today announced that the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has named its service, EDGAR Online Pro, as one of five 2005 Codie Awards finalists in both the “Best Online Business Information Service: non-News” and “Best Online Government Information Service” categories.

EDGAR Online Pro is the company’s flagship service. It offers unparalleled company and industry information extracted from public company filings as well as advanced tools for in-depth analysis. The service includes complex financial data and detailed ownership statistics, as well as initial public offering and secondary offering datasets. The EDGAR Online Pro service is critical to investment decisions made by funds and investors.

Susan Strausberg, EDGAR Online's president and CEO, said, “We are thrilled that the Codie Awards judges consider EDGAR Online Pro to be among the best service of its type. This recognition demonstrates the value our customers receive from the combination of regulatory data and powerful analysis tools that we provide.

Ken Wasch, SIIA president, said, “The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries. When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement.

The Codie Awards showcase the software and digital content industry's finest products and services, and remain the standard-bearer for celebrating outstanding achievement and vision. The only industry competition of its kind, the Codie Awards program provides companies with peer recognition and praise. The 2005 Codie Awards winners will be announced May 25 at Universal Studio's Globe Theater in Universal City, Calif.

A complete listing of finalists is available on the Web at www.siia.net/codies/2005/finalists.asp.

About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 600 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.

About EDGAR® Online®, Inc.
EDGAR Online, Inc. (http://www.edgar-online.com) is a leading provider of value-added global business and financial information. The company makes financial information and a variety of analysis tools available via online subscriptions and licensing agreements to professionals in financial institutions, corporations and advisory firms.

"Forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. EDGAR Online, Inc. disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. Please refer to the documents filed by EDGAR Online, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with our ability to (i) increase revenues, (ii) obtain profitability, and (iii) obtain additional financing, changes in general economic and business conditions (including in the online business and financial information industry), actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, risks in connection with acquisitions, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services and changes in our business strategies.

EDGAR® is a federally registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EDGAR Online is not affiliated with or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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