Transaction in Own Shares

NewMedia SPARK PLC
05 July 2005



NewMedia SPARK plc


5 July 2005



Purchase of own shares



NewMedia SPARK plc (the 'Company')



The Company announces that on 5th July it purchased 1,000,000 of its Ordinary
Shares of 2.5p at a price of 10.5p per share.



These shares will be held in Treasury.



This purchase equates to 0.21% of the Company's issued share capital.



Following this purchase the Company has 472,735,729 Ordinary shares in issue of
which 11,250,000 are now held as Treasury shares.



For further information:

NewMedia SPARK plc                                       020 7851 7777
Andrew Betton, Company Secretary





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