FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Media General to Webcast Mid-Year Media Review Presentation

RICHMOND, Va. — Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) said today that its presentation at the Mid-Year Media Review will be accessible via live audio Webcast.

Media General’s presentation concerning its Publishing, Broadcast and Interactive Media businesses will begin at 3 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, June 21, at The McGraw-Hill Building in New York City.

To listen to the Webcast, go to www.midyearmediareview.com/webcast/ and click on the Media General presentation. The site has instructions for accessing the Webcast, which will be available through Windows Media Player. Please allow at least 10 minutes to complete all the links before the presentation begins. The Webcast also will be available through www.mediageneral.com.

A replay of the presentation will be available at approximately 4:30 p.m. on June 21 in the investor relations section of the Media General Web site at www.mediageneral.com or www.midyearmediareview.com/webcast/media_general. At the conclusion of the presentation, Media General also will post the presentation in the investor relations section of its Web site.

About Media General
Media General is a diversified communications company operating leading newspapers, television stations and online enterprises, primarily in the Southeastern United States.  The company’s publishing assets include three metropolitan newspapers, The Tampa Tribune, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the Winston-Salem Journal; 22 daily community newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina; and more than 100 weekly newspapers and other publications. The company’s broadcasting assets include 26 network-affiliated television stations that 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 interactive media assets include more than 50 online enterprises that are associated with its newspapers and television stations. Media General also owns a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company.

Investor Contact:
Lou Anne Nabhan
(804) 649-6103

Media Contact:
Ray Kozakewicz
(804) 649-6748