Directors' Dealings

Scottish Media Group PLC
4 February 2000


NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS

Scottish Media Group plc ('SMG') and Scottish Media Group (Jersey) Limited
('SMG (Jersey)') have today been notified of the following interests in units
of convertible unsecured loan stock in SMG (Jersey) ('Stock Units') acquired
at a price of £9.10 per unit pursuant to the offers made (i) by way of rights
to qualifying SMG shareholders, and (ii) to holders of convertible loan stock
in SMG, which (in each case) closed for acceptances on 3rd February, 2000:-


                                               Aggregate       Aggregate 
                        No. of   % of all    interests in   interests as % of
                        Stock      Stock     SMG ordinary    SMG ordinary
Name(1)                 Units      Units       shares(2)    share capital(3)

Donald Cruickshank        150      <0.1%          3,150          <0.1%
Dr. Calum MacLeod      20,000       0.3%        220,000           0.3%
Andrew Flanagan           514      <0.1%        154,932          <0.1%
Gary Hughes               386      <0.1%        100,467          <0.1%
Donald Emslie             257      <0.1%         68,819          <0.1% 
Desmond Hudson             10      <0.1%         54,128          <0.1% 
Donald Waters          12,513       0.19%       108,427           0.15%


(1)   All of the individuals listed are directors of SMG.  Andrew Flanagan and
      Gary Hughes are also directors of SMG (Jersey).

(2)   Each Stock Unit will convert into one preference share in SMG (Jersey) 
      and each such preference share will automatically be acquired by SMG in 
      exchange for the issue of one SMG ordinary share (pursuant to an offer 
      (the 'Offer') made by SMG) upon completion of the acquisition by SMG 
      (Jersey) of Ginger Media Group Limited.  This column shows the aggregate
      number of SMG ordinary shares in which the relevant SMG directors are 
      interested, including those shares which may be issued pursuant to the 
      Offer based on the number of Stock Units in which the directors are 
      respectively interested.

(3)   Assumes conversion of all Stock Units and the issue of an equivalent 
      number of SMG ordinary shares pursuant to the Offer, but no further 
      issues of SMG ordinary shares.