FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 4, 2005

Media General Announces Acquisition of Central Virginia Weekly Newspapers

RICHMOND , VA — Media General, Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets of two weekly newspapers in central Virginia, effective April 1. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The weekly newspapers, owned by Richmond Suburban Newspapers, Inc., are the Mechanicsville Local, serving Hanover County with an approximate circulation of 25,000, and the Central Virginia Gazette, formerly the Goochland Gazette, which publishes two editions; a Goochland edition and a Louisa edition.

"We are excited about acquiring these quality newspapers, and we look forward to welcoming the employees to the Media General family," said H. Graham Woodlief, president of Media General's Publishing Division. "Both serve readers in a very attractive suburban growth county in central Virginia, and are well situated to take advantage of a diverse readership and an emerging retail environment.”

About Media General
Media General is a diversified communications company operating leading newspapers, television stations and online enterprises, primarily in the Southeastern United States. The company’s publishing assets include three metropolitan newspapers, The Tampa Tribune, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the Winston-Salem Journal; 22 daily community newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina; and more than 100 weekly newspapers and other publications. The company’s broadcasting assets include 26 network-affiliated television stations that 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 assets include more than 50 online enterprises that are associated with its newspapers and television stations. Media General also owns a 20 percent interest in The Denver Post and a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company.

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