Minorty Stake Taken in WatchMyPrice.com

NewMedia SPARK PLC
21 December 1999

     NewMedia SPARK invests £500,000 in WatchMyPrice.com

NewMedia  SPARK plc ('SPARK') announces that it has invested
£500,000  to  acquire a minority stake in  WatchMyPrice.com.
WatchMyPriceWatchMyPrice.com ('WMP'). WMP was founded  three
months  ago  by Max Woon,  Roland Arlt, Jin Choon  Lim,  and
Chen  Peng Lim and is SPARK's first investment in a  startup
based  in Silicon Valley. The founders have previously  held
positions    with    Deutsche    Bank,    Goldman     Sachs,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, NASA and CERN and have top  computer
science  and  mathematics degrees from Cambridge University,
Imperial College and the University of Manchester.

ItWMP  has  developed  streaming 'micro-browser'  technology
with  analysis & e-commerce tools which allow the user  both
to  obtain  and aggregate real time data from  multiple  web
sites,  and transact based on that data. The micro-browser'
sits  as  a small open window within the user's desktop  and
allows  the user to monitor key data changes within multiple
sites  in  real  time whilst working on other  applications.
SPARK  believes  that  there are very  widespread  potential
applications for this technology are widespread and includes
deriving real time financial price data, sports scores  from
multiple web sites to intelligent business transactions such
as  business-to-business procurement  price  monitoring  and
alerting.

The funds invested by SPARK will be used by WatchMyPriceWMP
to hire additional development personnel and to conduct a PR 
and marketing surrounding campaign for the first product launch.

Andrew Carruthers, COO of SPARK, commented: 
'We are delighted to have been been  able to secure this 
investment in Max, Roland, JC,  CP and  the rest of the 
WatchMyPriceWMP team at an early  stage in  the  development  
of  business.  We  believe  widespread adoption   of   this   
technology  has  the   potential   to significantly  alter 
web browser usage patterns  in  several important  
applications worldwide. The potential  upside  is therefore  
very large, making this an appropriate investment for us as 
part of a balanced investment portfolio.'

WMP is the eighth investment by SPARK since its shares began
trading on the Alternative Investment Market on 28th October
1999.   Its  seven  previous  investments  were  in  Digital
Animations  Group  plc,  Bridge4u.com,  Linkguard,  easier!,
Crocus, Hotbox and Skillvest.

For further information please contact:

NewMedia SPARK                              020 7629 8181
Andrew Carruthers

Buchanan Communications                     020 7466 5000
Isabel Petre / Tim Anderson
Michael Whitaker
 10INVEST.COM PLC


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