Media General, Inc. to Announce Third-Quarter 2013 Results, Host Conference Call on October 31, 2013

RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG), a local broadcast television and digital media company, said today that it will report its third-quarter 2013 results on Thursday, October 31, 2013, before the market opens. The company will host a conference call for investors to discuss the results at 11:00 a.m. ET that morning.  The conference call will be simultaneously webcast on the company's website. 

Investors may access the conference call by dialing (877) 261-8992 about 10 minutes prior to the 11:00 a.m. start. The participant passcode is 35902606.  All others may access the live webcast by logging on to www.mediageneral.com and clicking on the "Live Webcast" link on the homepage about 10 minutes in advance.

A replay of the webcast will be available online at www.mediageneral.com beginning at 2:00 p.m. on October 31, 2013. A telephone replay will also be available, beginning at 4:30 p.m. on October 31, 2013, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on November 6, 2013, by dialing (888) 843-7419 or (630) 652-3042 and using the passcode 35902606.

About Media General

Media General, Inc., is a leading provider of news, information and entertainment across 18 network-affiliated broadcast television stations and their associated digital media and mobile platforms. The company's stations serve consumers and advertisers in strong local markets, primarily in the Southeast. Media General's television stations include affiliations with NBC (8), CBS (8), ABC (1) and CW (1). One-third of the company's stations operate in the Top 50 markets in the United States. Media General's stations reach more than one-third of TV households in the Southeast and more than 8% of U.S. TV households. Media General entered the television business in 1955 when it launched WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, as an NBC affiliate.

On June 6, 2013, Media General (NYSE: MEG) and privately held New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., both local broadcast television and digital media companies, announced a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in an all-stock merger transaction. The new company will retain the Media General name and will remain headquartered in Richmond, Va. Upon completion of the merger, the Young stations will be subsidiaries of Media General, and the new company will own or operate 31 network-affiliated television stations across 28 markets, reaching approximately 16.5 million, or 14%, of U.S. TV households. The balance of network affiliations will include CBS (12), NBC (9), ABC (7) Fox (1), CW (1) and MNT (1).  Sixteen of the 31 stations are located in the Top 75 DMAs.

Contact Media General

Media General maintains extensive company information on its website www.mediageneral.com. The company's media and investor contact is Lou Anne J. Nabhan, Vice President-Corporate Communications, [email protected] or 804-887-5120.

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