FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 28, 2001

Media General Board Declares Dividend

RICHMOND, Va. — The Board of Directors of Media General (NYSE: MEG) has declared a quarterly dividend of 17 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Dec. 15, 2001, to Class A and Class B shareholders of record on Nov. 30, 2001.

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.