Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
06 January 2006




NewMedia SPARK plc


6 January 2006


Purchase of own shares


NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')


The Company announces that on 5th January it purchased 1,000,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 11.75p per share.

These shares will be held in Treasury.

This purchase equates to 0.22% of the Company's issued share capital.

Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 18,500,000 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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