Holding(s) in Company

NewMedia SPARK PLC
02 April 2004

                                  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

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 14922 - 5,367,460
       Clydesdale Bank Noms Ltd MGE - 731,440
       Clydesdale Bank Noms Ltd MGG - 46,890,306
       Nortrust Noms Ltd - 6,536,373
       Pruclt HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL AC - 1,790,543
       Prudential Holborn Pensions Ld 267

       Clydesdale BK Noms Ltd. A/c MGIN 1,000,000
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

       Not stated

11.    Date company informed

       2 April 2004

12.    Total holding following this notification

       62,316,122

13.    Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

       13.20%

14.    Any additional information



15.    Name of contact and telephone number for queries

       Andrew Betton 020 7851 7721

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

       Andrew Betton, Company Secretary

Date of notification: 2 April 2004




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