Media General to Release Third-Quarter Earnings, Host Conference Call on October 12

Media General to Release Third-Quarter Earnings, Host Conference Call on October 12

RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Media General, Inc. (NYSE:MEG) will release third-quarter 2005 earnings on Wednesday, October 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 1-800-901-5247 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 October 12. A telephone replay will also be available, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending on October 19 at 12 a.m., by dialing 1-888-286-8010, and using the passcode 99786292.

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, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and 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.

Source: Media General, Inc.

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

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

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