Holding in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
20 December 2001

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.  Name of company

    NewMedia SPARK plc

2.  Name of shareholder having a major interest

    Zurich Financial Services and its Group

3.  Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
    holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
    non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
    holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18.

    As in 2 above

4.  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
    of shares held by each of them

    Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 21667 - 1,214,727
    Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 07203 - 2,485,028
    Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 07197 - 3,000,000
    Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 05576 - 8,536,500
    Littledown Nominees Limited A/C 05577 - 586,250

5.  Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

    Not disclosed

6.  Percentage of issued class

    N/A

7.  Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

    Not disclosed

8.  Percentage of issued class

    N/A

9.  Class of security

    Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

10. Date of transaction

    Not disclosed

11. Date company informed

    19th December 2001

12. Total holding following this notification

    15,822,505

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    3.2%

14. Any additional information



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    Alastair King - [phone]

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
    this notification.

    Alastair King, Company Secretary

Date of notification: 19th December 2001