FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002

Media General Interactive Media Division Names Harris Vice President

RICHMOND, Va. — Phil Harris is joining Media General's Interactive Media Division as vice president on Jan. 21. Harris will be in charge of online enterprises that are affiliated with the company's newspapers and television stations.

Harris comes to Media General from the E.W. Scripps Co., where he was director of Internet business development for the company's newspapers. He joined Scripps in 1995 as director of interactive media for the company's daily newspaper in Naples, Fla.

"Phil has a terrific track record of boosting the bottom lines of online enterprises," said Neal Fondren, president of Media General's Interactive Media Division. "He has extensive experience in integrating interactive solutions that produce incremental revenue for traditional media. Phil will be a strong leader on Media General's interactive media team."

About Media General
Media General (NYSE: MEG) 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.