FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Media General to Webcast CSFB Global Media Week Presentation

Richmond, Va. - Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) will provide a live Webcast of its presentation at the Credit Suisse First Boston Global Media Week conference on Tuesday, December 6, 2005. Marshall N. Morton, president and chief executive officer, O. Reid Ashe, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and John A. Schauss, vice president-finance and chief financial officer, will provide an update on the company’s performance, business strategy and outlook for the fourth quarter 2005 and next year. Media General’s presentation will take place at 11:20 a.m. ET at The Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan Hotel in New York City.

The audio Webcast will be accessible from a link on the company’s Web site at www.mediageneral.com. Media General will issue a press release summarizing the remarks. The press release and the full text of the presentation will be posted to the investor relations section of the company’s Web site on December 6. A replay of the Webcast will be available on the company’s Web site on December 7.

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, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and 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 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company, a manufacturer of recycled newsprint.

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

Media Contact:
Ray Kozakewicz
(804) 649-6748