Media General to Release Second-Quarter Earnings, Host Conference Call on July 12

Media General to Release Second-Quarter Earnings, Host Conference Call on July 12

RICHMOND, Va., June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Media General, Inc. (NYSE:MEG) will release second-quarter 2005 earnings on Tuesday, July 12, before the market opens. The full text of the release and financials will be available on the company's Web site, http://www.mediageneral.com/.

The company will hold an earnings conference call with financial analysts that day at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call will be available to the media and general public through a limited number of listen-only dial-in conference lines and via simultaneous Webcast.

To dial in to the call, listeners may call 1-800-299-7089 about 10 minutes prior to the 11 a.m. start. Listeners may also access the live Webcast by logging on to http://www.mediageneral.com/ and clicking on the "Live Earnings Conference" link at the top of the homepage about 10 minutes in advance.

A replay of the Webcast will be available online at http://www.mediageneral.com/ beginning at 1 p.m. on July 12. A telephone replay will also be available, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending on July 19 at 12 a.m., by dialing 1-888-286-8010 or 617-801-6888, and using the passcode 19774355.

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 20 percent interest in The Denver Post and a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company.

Source: Media General, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors: Lou Anne Nabhan, +1-804-649-6103 or Media: Ray Kozakewicz, +1-804-649-6748, both of Media General

Web site: http://www.mediageneral.com/

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