FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Dec. 6, 2002

Media General to Webcast Credit Suisse First Boston Media Week Presentation

Richmond, Va. – Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) will provide a live Webcast of its presentation at next week's Credit Suisse First Boston Media Week conference.

Media General's presentation will take place on Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 2:30 p.m. at The Plaza Hotel in New York City.

To access the Webcast, listeners may log on to www.mediageneral.com about 10 minutes prior to the start time.

J. Stewart Bryan, III, chairman and chief executive officer; Marshall N. Morton, vice chairman and chief financial officer; and Reid Ashe, president and chief operating officer will provide an overview of the company's strategy and outlook. Media General will issue a press release summarizing their remarks, which will also be posted to the investor relations section of the company's Web site.

About Media General
Media General (NYSE:MEG) is an independent 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.