FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 16, 2004

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

RICHMOND, Va. – Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) said today that on June 22, at 11:00 a.m. ET, management will present at the Mid-Year Media Review, an investor forum sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America, in New York City at the McGraw-Hill Building.

Media General will update investors on current business conditions, corporate strategy and the company’s outlook. Speakers will be 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.

A live Webcast of the presentation will be provided. To listen to the live Webcast, go to www.midyearmediareview.com/webcast and click on the Media General presentation. The Web site has instructions for accessing the Webcast, which will be available through RealAudio or Windows Media players. Please allow at least 10 minutes to complete all the links before the presentation begins. The Webcast also will be available live through www.mediageneral.com.

The presentation also will be available on the investor relations section of the Media General Web site at www.mediageneral.com by 2 p.m. on June 22.

About Media General
Media General is an independent communications company situated primarily in the Southeast with interests in newspapers, television stations and interactive media. 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 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.

Investor Contact:
Lou Anne Nabhan
(804) 649-6103

Media Contact:
Ray Kozakewicz
(804) 649-6748