FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, May 6, 2002

Media General To Webcast Second-Quarter 2002 Earnings Conference Call on July 16

RICHMOND, Va. — Media General (NYSE: MEG) will release second-quarter 2002 earnings on Tuesday, July 16, before the market opens. The full text of the release and financials will be available on the company's Web site, www.mediageneral.com.

The company will hold an earnings conference call with financial analysts that day at 11 a.m. EDT. The conference call will be available to the media and general public via webcast. To listen to the live webcast, access www.mediageneral.com and click on the "Live Earnings Conference" link at the top of the homepage about 10 minutes in advance. A replay of the webcast will be available at www.mediageneral.com beginning at 2 p.m. on July 16.

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.