Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
24 January 2005



NewMedia SPARK plc

24 January 2005


Purchase of own shares


NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')


The Company announces that on 21st January it purchased 2,750,000 of its
Ordinary Shares of 2.5p at a price of 10.62p per share.


These shares will be held in Treasury.


This purchase equates to 0.58% of the Company's issued share capital.


Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 3,250,000 are held as Treasury shares.


For further information:

NewMedia SPARK plc                                       020 7851 7777
Andrew Betton, Company Secretary





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