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Media Square plc ("Media Square" or the "Company")

Directorate Change 

The Board of Media Square announces that it has today appointed Neil Canetty-Clarke as Non Executive Director. He will join the Board with immediate effect and will become Chairman of the Audit Committee, replacing Mr Nigel Bacon who stood down on 18th November 2009.

Neil Canetty-Clarke has extensive public company experience. He was Group Finance Director of both LWT (Holdings) plc and Guardian Media Group plc, and CFO of iTouch plc.  

The Board remains currently engaged in a search for an additional Non Executive Director who will be appointed next year. This will bring the Company into line with corporate governance best practice.

Roger Parry, Chairman of Media Square, comments: 

"We are delighted that someone of Neil's calibre and experience has agreed to join the Board.  He significantly strengthens the overall quality of the team, bringing as he does both a strong financial background and a real understanding of people-based media businesses."

Neil Canetty-Clarke, comments: 

"I am delighted to be joining Media Square at such an exciting time for the Company.  Clearly the sector has had a challenging year, but Media Square now appears well placed to benefit from the many changes that have occurred over the past two years."

Notes:

Neil Canetty-Clarke, 47, is co-founder of www.schoolstrader.com. He graduated from Edinburgh University in 1984 and joined Morgan Grenfell. In 1989 he joined LWT and became Group Finance Director of LWT (Holdings) plc in 1992. He has also worked as Group Finance Director of Guardian Media Group plc, CFO of iTouch plc and in senior finance roles at Granada and ITV. In 2006, he attended the AMP at Harvard Business School.

Enquiries to:

Media Square plc	www.mediasquare.co.uk
Roger Parry Peter Reid	020 3026 6602 020 3026 6607
Collins Stewart Europe Limited
Adrian Hadden/Stewart Wallace	020 7523 8350

Information required by Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies 

Name: Neil Canetty-Clarke

Age: 47

Current Directorships

Company Name	Company Number	Appointed	Resigned
Apex Standard Limited	01970950	07/09/1991
Schoolstrader Limited	05876101	13/7/2006

Past Company Directorships

Name	Company Number	Appointed	Resigned
Name	Company Number	Appointed	Resigned
The Divert Trust (Charity)	02792709	24/03/1999	24/11/2006
LWT (Holdings) Limited	02431623	16/10/2002	14/07/2005
Tyne Tees Television Limited	00598781	10/04/2002	04/10/2005
Granada Television Limited	00840590	01/05/2002	15/06/2005
Yorkshire Television Limited	00899713	02/05/2002	17/06/2005
ITV Border Limited	00654206	09/05/2002	04/10/2005
ITV Meridian Limited	02519552	30/05/2002	19/09/2005
ITV Broadcasting Limited	00955957	31/05/2002	05/09/2005
ITV2 Limited	01867871	04/04/2003	29/03/2006
GMTV Limited	02578005	26/07/2004	29/03/2006

As at the date of his appointment as a director of the Company, Mr. Canetty-Clarke did not own any ordinary shares in Media Square.

No further disclosures are required under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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