FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 13, 2001

Media General's Presentation at Mid-Year Media Review Will Be Webcast

RICHMOND, Va. - Media General (AMEX: MEG.A) will update investors next week on current business conditions, corporate strategies and financial performance at the Mid-Year Media Review, an annual forum sponsored by major media companies.

Media General's presentation will begin at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 19, at the Essex House hotel in New York City. A live webcast of the event can be accessed at www.mediageneral.com or at www.midyearmediareview.com. Replays of the webcast will be available at both sites for two weeks following the event.

Media General's speakers will include: J. Stewart Bryan III, chairman and chief executive officer; Marshall N. Morton, senior vice president and chief financial officer; and Neal F. Fondren, president of the company's Interactive Media Division. Their presentations will be posted to the Media General Web site by 5 p.m. on June 19.

About Media General
Media General is an independent, publicly owned 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.