1990-1999

1990
J. Stewart Bryan III became president, chairman and chief executive officer of Media General, Inc.

Sold Highlander Publications and Golden West Publishing.

Acquired Sunbelt Newspapers, Inc.

1991
Sold Cliggott Publishing and Technical Information Distribution Systems.

1992
On June 1, 1992, the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Richmond News Leader merged into a single morning publication under the Times-Dispatch name, and printing operations were moved from downtown to a state-of-the-art printing facility in Hanover, Va., just outside Richmond.

1994
In May, Media General sold its 40 percent interest in Garden State Newspapers, Inc. to its majority shareholders.

Printing facilities in Hanover, Va.

In August, The Tampa Tribune launched a new Internet online service, Tampa Bay Online.

In September, Media General acquired 40 percent interest in common stock of Denver Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Denver Post.

1995
The company sold its 49 percent interest in Mexican newsprint subsidiary.

On Oct. 26, the company acquired four daily and Sunday newspapers for $230 million from Worrell Enterprises. Papers included the Culpeper Star-Exponent in Culpeper, Va.; The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va.; The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va.; the Suffolk News-Herald in Suffolk, Va.; plus 20 weeklies and monthlies.

Also on Oct. 26, the Richmond Times-Dispatch launched a new online service, Gateway Virginia.

1996
Acquired in March the Danville Register & Bee in Danville, Va.

In May, Media General Broadcast Group acquired Professional Communications Systems.

1997
In January, acquired Park Communications, which included the following newspapers and TV stations: The News Herald in Morganton, N.C.; The Independent Tribune in Kannapolis, N.C.; The Daily News in Eden, N.C.; The McDowell News in Marion, N.C.; the Statesville Record & Landmark in Statesville, N.C.; The News Virginian in Waynesboro, Va.; The Journal Messenger in Manassas, Va.; WIAT in Birmingham, Ala.; WSLS in Roanoke, Va.; WTVQ in Lexington, Ky.; WDEF in Chattanooga, Tenn.; WJHL in Johnson City, Tenn.; WNCT in Greenville, N.C.; KALB in Alexandria, La; WUTR in Utica, N.Y.; and WTVR in Richmond, Va.

In February, acquired the Potomac News in Woodbridge, Va.

In April, acquired The Reidsville Review in Reidsville, N.C., and The Messenger in Madison, N.C.

In May, D. Tennant Bryan retired after an incredible 69 years of service to The News Leader, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond Newspapers, and Media General.

In July, Media General sold WUTR-TV in Utica, N.Y.

In August, Media General completed a trade of Richmond station WTVR for WSAV in Savannah, Ga., WJTV in Jackson, Miss., and WHLT in Hattiesburg, Miss.

1998
In May, Media General completed construction and occupied a new corporate headquarters in Richmond, Va.

Acquired, in January, the Bristol Herald Courier in Bristol, Va.; and in June, the Hickory Daily Record in Hickory, N.C.

In October, Media General sold substantially all of the operating assets of its wholly owned subsidiary Beacon Press, Inc., to Cadmus Graphics Solutions, Inc., a unit of Cadmus Communications Corp.

On Dec. 9, at the age of 92, D. Tennant Bryan passed away.

1999
In October, Media General completed the sale of its cable television operations to Cox Communications, Inc. for $1.4 billion.

In December, the Richmond Times-Dispatch opened a new downtown office building.