FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001

Media General To Update Investors at Media Week Conference in New York

RICHMOND, Va. — Media General (NYSE:MEG) will update investors next week on current business conditions, strategic accomplishments, financial performance and its outlook for 2002 at the Media Week Conference, an annual forum sponsored by Credit Suisse First Boston.

Media General's presentation will begin at 4 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. A live webcast of the event will be available at www.mediageneral.com.

Speakers will include: J. Stewart Bryan III, chairman and chief executive officer; Marshall N. Morton, vice chairman and chief financial officer; and Reid Ashe, president and chief operating officer. Their presentations will be posted to the investor relations section of the Media General Web site by 5 p.m. on Dec. 4.

About Media General
Media General is an independent 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.