Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
16 August 2006


NewMedia SPARK plc

16 August 2006



Purchase of own shares


NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')


The Company announces that today it purchased 1,000,000 of its Ordinary Shares
of 2.5p at a price of 16.00p per share.

These shares will be held in Treasury.

This purchase equates to 0.23% of the Company's issued share capital.

Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 41,615,949 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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