Transaction in Own Shares

Media Corporation PLC Media Corp (AIM:MDC), a leading internet media and advertising Group, announces that on 17 July 2008 the Group purchased 240,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Group at a price of 2.38 pence per share. Media Corp intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. The purchase equates to approximately 0.086% of the Group's current total issued share capital. Following this transaction, Media Corp has 278,577,298 ordinary shares in issue and 13,350,000 ordinary shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights in, and the figure to be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or changes to their interest in, Media Corp under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules is 278,577,298. For further information please contact: Media Corporation plc Justin Drummond, Chief Executive Nilesh Jagatia, Group Finance Director +44 (0)20 7618 9000 Canaccord Adams Limited Mark Williams, Managing Director +44 (0)20 7050 6500 Notes to editors: Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, Media Corp is a leading internet media and advertising group focused on website publishing and online advertising. The Group has two principal divisions: Advertising Network - Formed in 1996, Eyeconomy specialises in mass reach campaigns to over 32 Million unique consumers per month via its own proprietary ad-serving and tracking technology for clients including AOL, Dell and American Express. www.eyeconomy.co.uk Website Publishing - Media Corp has a diverse publishing division specializing in online media. Our impressive portfolio of websites includes a number of market leading sites including www.gambling.com, www.onthebox.com www.sport.co.uk, www.creditcardexpert.co.uk and www.flightcomparison.co.uk. www.mediacorpplc.com Media Corporation PLC
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