Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
04 April 2005

NewMedia SPARK plc

4 April 2005


Purchase of own shares

NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')

The Company announces that on 4th April it purchased 500,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 10.75p per share.

These shares will be held in Treasury.

This purchase equates to 0.11% of the Company's issued share capital.

Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 10,250,000 are held as Treasury shares.

For further information:

NewMedia SPARK plc                                       020 7851 7777
Andrew Betton, Company Secretary





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