Purchase of Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
07 April 2006


NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')

Purchase of own shares

7 April 2006

The Company announces that on 6 April 2006 it purchased 350,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 13.25p per share.

These shares will be held in Treasury.

This purchase equates to 0.08% of the Company's issued share capital.

Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 36,615,949 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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