New Director

NewMedia SPARK PLC
24 July 2000

                 Tony Sarin joins Board of NewMedia SPARK plc
                                       

Following  the  completion of NewMedia SPARK's acquisition of  Softtechnet.com
PLC,  Tony  Sarin has joined the Board of NewMedia SPARK.  Tony has also  been
appointed  Chairman  of  the wholly owned Indian investment  subsidiary  SPARK
India.  NewMedia SPARK will now start to develop its investment and incubation
strategy in India.

Tony,  aged  38,  was previously a senior partner at Morley & Scott  Chartered
accountants.  He was founder and CEO of Softtechnet, which was created to take
advantage  of the investment opportunities in the Indian, UK and US technology
and  Internet markets.  Softtechnet floated on AIM in March 2000. In  addition
to  being  a  director  of  Softtechnet he  is  also  a  Director  of  Quercus
Enterprises Ltd, a property investment company.

Tony  sits on various committees including the Bank of England Small  Business
Panel,  advising on Asian businesses and the Asian Business Association  where
he is Vice-Chairman.  He is a Council member of the London Chamber of Commerce
and  Industry  and  is  a  member  of one of  the  sub-committees  of  the  UK
Government's Task Force for 'New Deal'. He also represents the London  Chamber
as  a  member  of the Board of the Central London Partnership,  the  principal
consultative body on pan-central London issues.

Tony  holds 720,000 Ordinary Shares in NewMedia SPARK of  2.5 pence  each  and
2,046,666  NewMedia  SPARK  75p warrants, acquired  in  consideration  of  the
Softtechnet acquisition.


For further information, please contact:

Tony Sarin                                   020 7851 7777
Fenella Copas
NewMedia SPARK

Notes to Editors

NewMedia SPARK plc, quoted on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative
Investment Market, is one of Europe's leading quoted technology and Internet
investment companies.

SPARK is building its portfolio of investments in early-stage companies in the
UK, Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe. Based principally in London and
Stockholm, SPARK has one of the largest and most experienced teams in Europe,
with skills ranging from investment banking to active involvement in the
formation and running of new media companies.  SPARK's current portfolio of 46
investments spans the following sectors: Internet transaction platforms,
Interactive entertainment, Wireless infrastructure and applications, Web
infrastructure tools, Internet content and commerce.