Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
23 December 2004



NewMedia SPARK plc


23 December 2004


Purchase of own shares


NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')


The Company announces that on 22nd December it purchased 500,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 10.45p per share.


These shares will be held in Treasury.


This purchase equates to 0.106% of the Company's issued share capital.


Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 500,000 are held as Treasury shares.


For further information:

NewMedia SPARK plc                                       020 7851 7777
Andrew Betton, Company Secretary


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