EX-23 9 mhp-ex23x20121231xq4xa.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Exhibit (23)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

1. | Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-146981) pertaining to the Debt Securities of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.,

2. | Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 33-49743, No. 333-30043 and No. 333-40502) pertaining to the 1993 Employee Stock Incentive Plan,

3. | Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-92224 and No. 333-116993) pertaining to the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan,

4. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-06871) pertaining to the Director Deferred Stock Ownership Plan,

5. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-50856) pertaining to The Savings Incentive Plan of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Employee Retirement Account Plan of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Standard & Poor's Savings Incentive Plan for Represented Employees, The Standard & Poor's Employee Retirement Account Plan for Represented Employees, The Employees' Investment Plan of McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc. and its Subsidiaries,

6. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-126465) pertaining to The Savings Incentive Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Employee Retirement Account Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, The Standard & Poor's Savings Incentive Plan for Represented Employees, and The Standard & Poor's Employee Retirement Account Plan for Represented Employees,

7. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-157570) pertaining to The 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and The Standard & Poor's 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Represented Employees,

8. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-167885) pertaining to The Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, and

9. | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-170902) pertaining to The 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries, and The Standard & Poor's 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Represented Employees

of our reports dated February 28, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. included in this Form 10-K/A of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2012.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
March 20, 2013