Holding(s) in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
7 March 2002


                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1.     Name of company

       NewMedia SPARK plc

2.     Name of shareholder having a major interest

       Prudential plc and certain of its subsidiary companies; M & G Group 
       Limited, M & G Investment Management Limited and M & G Limited have a 
       notifiable interest

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 in 2 above

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

       Chase Noms Ltd a/c 14914 - 3,055,299
       Chase Noms Ltd a/c 14922 - 7,036,370
       Clydesdale Bank noms Ltd MGE - 731,440
       Clydesdale Bank noms Ltd MGG - 39,687,509
       Nortrust Noms Ltd - 6,795,323
       Pruclt HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL AC - 7,324,430
       Prudential Holborn Pensions Ltd - 326

5.     Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

       Not disclosed

6.     Percentage of issued class

       N/A

7.     Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

       Not disclosed

8.     Percentage of issued class

       N/A

9.     Class of security

       Ordinary Shares of 2.5p

10.    Date of transaction

       6th March 2002

11.    Date company informed

       7th March 2002

12.    Total holding following this notification

       64,630,697

13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       13.22%

14.    Any additional information



15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

       Susanna Freeman

16.    Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making 
       this notification.

       Susanna Freeman, Company Secretary

       Date of notification: 7th March 2002



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