Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
24 January 2006



NewMedia SPARK plc

24 January 2006



Purchase of own shares

NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')


The Company announces that on 20th January it purchased 350,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 12.50p per share.

These shares will be held in Treasury.

This purchase equates to 0.08% of the Company's issued share capital.

Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 35,265,949 are now held as Treasury shares.



For further information:



NewMedia SPARK plc                                       020 7851 7777
Andrew Betton, Finance Director & Company Secretary





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