Appendix 3B

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Appendix 3B
New issue announcement

+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.
Rule 2.7, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5
Appendix 3B

New issue announcement,
application for quotation of additional securities
and agreement

Information or documents not available now must be given to ASX as soon as
available. Information and
documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/7/96. Origin: Appendix 5. Amended 1/7/98, 1/9/99, 1/7/2000,
30/9/2001, 11/3/2002, 1/1/2003, 24/10/2005.

Name of entity
APN News & Media Limited

ABN
95 008 637 643

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.

Part 1 - All issues
You must complete the relevant sections (attach sheets if there is not enough
space).

1 +Class of +securities issued or to be
issued

Ordinary Shares (ISIN: AU000000APN4)

2 Number of +securities issued or to
be issued (if known) or maximum
number which may be issued

Ordinary Shares - 185,000

(being 0.04% of the ordinary shares on issue)

3 Principal terms of the +securities
(eg, if options, exercise price and
expiry date; if partly paid
+
securities, the amount outstanding
and due dates for payment; if
+
convertible securities, the
conversion price and dates for
conversion)

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+ See chapter 19 for defined terms.

4 Do the +securities rank equally in all
respects from the date of allotment
with an existing +class of quoted
+
securities?

If the additional securities do not
rank equally, please state:
! the date from which they do
! the extent to which they
participate for the next dividend,
(in the case of a trust,
distribution) or interest payment
! the extent to which they do not
rank equally, other than in
relation to the next dividend,
distribution or interest payment
Yes.

5 Issue price or consideration
A. 110,000 @ A$3.85 cash
B. 75,000 @ A$3.34 cash

6 Purpose of the issue
(If issued as consideration for the
acquisition of assets, clearly identify
those assets)

Exercises of Options under the Executive
and Director Option Plan

7 Dates of entering +securities into
uncertificated holdings or despatch
of certificates

7 April 2008

Number +Class
8 Number and +class of all +securities
quoted on ASX or NZSX (including
the securities in clause 2 if
applicable)

489,339,372
Ordinary Shares

Number +Class
9 Number and +class of all
+
securities not quoted on ASX or
NZSX (including the securities in
clause 2 if applicable)

11,197,001 Options to subscribe
for ordinary shares
issued under the
Executive and
Director Option Plan.

10 Dividend policy (in the case of a
trust, distribution policy) on the
increased capital (interests)

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Part 2 - Bonus issue or pro rata issue

11 Is security holder approval
required?

12 Is the issue renounceable or non-
renounceable?

13 Ratio in which the +securities will
be offered

14 +Class of +securities to which the
offer relates

15 +Record date to determine
entitlements

16 Will holdings on different registers
(or subregisters) be aggregated for
calculating entitlements?

17 Policy for deciding entitlements in
relation to fractions

18 Names of countries in which the
entity has +security holders who
will not be sent new issue
documents
Note: Security holders must be told how their
entitlements are to be dealt with.
Cross reference: rule 7.7.

19 Closing date for receipt of
acceptances or renunciations

20 Names of any underwriters

21 Amount of any underwriting fee or
commission

22 Names of any brokers to the issue

23 Fee or commission payable to the
broker to the issue

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24 Amount of any handling fee
payable to brokers who lodge
acceptances or renunciations on
behalf of +security holders

25 If the issue is contingent on
+
security holders' approval, the
date of the meeting

26 Date entitlement and acceptance
form and prospectus or Product
Disclosure Statement will be sent to
persons entitled

27 If the entity has issued options, and
the terms entitle option holders to
participate on exercise, the date on
which notices will be sent to option
holders

28 Date rights trading will begin (if
applicable)

29 Date rights trading will end (if
applicable)

30 How do +security holders sell their
entitlements in full through a
broker?

31 How do +security holders sell part
of their entitlements through a
broker and accept for the balance?

32 How do +security holders dispose
of their entitlements (except by sale
through a broker)?

33 +Despatch date

Part 3 - Quotation of securities
You need only complete this section if you are applying for quotation of
securities

34 Type of securities
(tick one)

(a)
Securities described in Part 1

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(b)
All other securities
Example: restricted securities at the end of the escrowed period, partly paid
securities that become fully paid, employee
incentive share securities when restriction ends, securities issued on expiry
or conversion of convertible securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(a)

Additional securities forming a new class of securities

Tick to indicate you are providing the information or
documents

35
If the
+
securities are +equity securities, the names of the 20 largest holders of the

additional +securities, and the number and percentage of additional
+securities held by
those holders

36
If the
+
securities are +equity securities, a distribution schedule of the additional

+
securities setting out the number of holders in the categories
1 - 1,000
1,001 - 5,000
5,001 - 10,000
10,001 - 100,000
100,001 and over

37
A copy of any trust deed for the additional
+
securities

Entities that have ticked box 34(b)

38 Number of securities for which
+
quotation is sought

39 Class of +securities for which
quotation is sought

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40 Do the +securities rank equally in all
respects from the date of allotment
with an existing +class of quoted
+
securities?

If the additional securities do not
rank equally, please state:
! the date from which they do
! the extent to which they
participate for the next dividend,
(in the case of a trust,
distribution) or interest payment
! the extent to which they do not
rank equally, other than in
relation to the next dividend,
distribution or interest payment

41 Reason for request for quotation
now
Example: In the case of restricted securities, end of
restriction period

(if issued upon conversion of
another security, clearly identify that
other security)

Number +Class
42 Number and +class of all +securities
quoted on ASX (including the
securities in clause 38)

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Quotation agreement

1 +Quotation of our additional +securities is in ASX's absolute discretion.
ASX may
quote the +securities on any conditions it decides.

2 We warrant the following to ASX.

! The issue of the +securities to be quoted complies with the law and is not
for
an illegal purpose.

! There is no reason why those +securities should not be granted +quotation.

! An offer of the +securities for sale within 12 months after their issue
will
not require disclosure under section 707(3) or section 1012C(6) of the
Corporations Act.

Note: An entity may need to obtain appropriate warranties from subscribers
for the securities in order to be able to give
this warranty

! Section 724 or section 1016E of the Corporations Act does not apply to any

applications received by us in relation to any +securities to be quoted and
that no-one has any right to return any +securities to be quoted under
sections 737, 738 or 1016F of the Corporations Act at the time that we
request that the +securities be quoted.

! If we are a trust, we warrant that no person has the right to return the
+
securities to be quoted under section 1019B of the Corporations Act at the
time that we request that the +securities be quoted.

3 We will indemnify ASX to the fullest extent permitted by law in respect of
any
claim, action or expense arising from or connected with any breach of the
warranties
in this agreement.

4 We give ASX the information and documents required by this form. If any
information or document not available now, will give it to ASX before
+quotation of
the +securities begins. We acknowledge that ASX is relying on the
information and
documents. We warrant that they are (will be) true and complete.

Sign here: ............................................................
Date: 1 May 2008
(Director/Company secretary)

Print name: Yvette Lamont......................................

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