Media General Board Declares Dividend

Media General Board Declares Dividend

RICHMOND, Va., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Media General (NYSE:MEG) today declared a quarterly dividend of 22 cents per common share. The dividend is payable on June 15, 2006, to Class A and Class B shareholders of record on May 31, 2006.

About Media General

Media General is a multimedia 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 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 75 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.

Source: Media General

CONTACT: Investors: Lou Anne Nabhan, +1-804-649-6103, or Media: Ray
Kozakewicz, +1-804-649-6748

Web site: http://www.mediageneral.com/

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