Major Share Interest

Newsplayer Group PLC
11 January 2002

                               SCHEDULE 10
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.    Name of company
      Newsplayer Group plc

2.    Name of shareholder having a major interest
      Guy Middleton

3.    Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
      holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-
      beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
      holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
      As 2 above

4.    Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
      of shares held by each of them
      Strand Nominees Limited

5.    Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


6.    Percentage of issued class


7.    Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      1,850,000

8.    Percentage of issued class
      2.68

9.    Class of security
      Ordinary

10.   Date of transaction
      17 December 2001

11.   Date company informed
      11 January 2002

12.   Total holding following this notification
      2,153,518

13.   Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
      3.12

14.   Any additional information


15.   Name of contact and telephone number for queries
      Mark Morphy, 01481 240 505

16.   Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
      this notification
      Mark Morphy, Company Secretary

Date of notification: