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Friday, April 27, 2001

Martin-Fries Named Director of Business Development For Media General's Interactive Media Division

RICHMOND, Va. — Media General's Interactive Media Division has named Tracee Martin-Fries as its director of business development.

A 1996 graduate of the University of Richmond with a master's degree from the University of Virginia, Martin-Fries was most recently director of integrated marketing for WWBT, Channel 12, in Richmond.

"Tracee has extensive experience in broadcast and interactive media sales and a deep knowledge of marketing research. She is well-suited to lead our business-development efforts," said Neal Fondren, president of the Interactive Media Division, which Media General launched on Jan. 1. "Tracee will be instrumental in our plans to combine the strengths of newspapers, television stations and interactive media."

About Media General
Media General is an independent, publicly owned communications company situated primarily in the Southeast with interests in newspapers, television stations, interactive media and diversified information services. The company's publishing assets include The Tampa Tribune, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Winston-Salem Journal and 22 other daily newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina, as well as nearly 100 other periodicals and a 20 percent interest in The Denver Post. Media General's 26 network-affiliated television stations reach more than 30 percent of the television households in the Southeast, and nearly 8 percent of those in the United States. The company's extensive interactive media offerings include more than 50 online enterprises. Media General also has a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Co., which operates newsprint mills in Dublin, Ga., and Newberg, Ore.