10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period              to             

Commission File No. 1-6383

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commonwealth of Virginia	54-0850433
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

333 E. Franklin St., Richmond, VA	23219
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(804) 649-6000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Class A Common Stock	New York Stock Exchange
(Title of class)	(Name of exchange on which registered)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this form 10-K.    x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The aggregate market value of voting and non-voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, as of June 25, 2006, was approximately $901,500,000.

The number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding on February 4, 2007, was 23,569,884. The number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on February 4, 2007, was 555,992.

The Company makes available on its website, www.mediageneral.com, its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K as soon as reasonably practicable after being electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Part I, Part II and Part III incorporate information by reference from the Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2006. Part III also incorporates information by reference from the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on April 26, 2007.

Index to Media General, Inc.

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2006

Item No.		Page
	Part I
1.	Business
	General	1
	Publishing	1
	Broadcast	2
	Interactive Media	4
1A.	Risk Factors	5
1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	7
2.	Properties	7
3.	Legal Proceedings	8
4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	8
	Executive Officers of Registrant	9
	Part II
5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	9
6.	Selected Financial Data	10
7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	10
7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	10
8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	10
9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	10
9A.	Controls and Procedures	11
9B.	Other Information	11
	Part III
10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	11
11.	Executive Compensation	11
12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	11
13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	11
14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	12
	Part IV
15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	12
Schedule II		13
Index to Exhibits		14
Signatures		17

Part I

Item 1. Business

General

Media General, Inc., is an independent, publicly owned communications company situated primarily in the Southeast with interests in newspapers, television stations, and interactive media. The Company employs approximately 7,200 people on a full or part-time basis. The Company’s businesses are somewhat seasonal; the second and fourth quarters are typically stronger than the first and third quarters.

The Company owns 25 daily newspapers and more than 150 other publications, as well as 23 (21 southeastern) television stations. The Company also operates more than 75 online enterprises. In recent years the Company has placed significant emphasis on convergence. Convergence combines the unique strengths of newspapers, television, and the Internet to enable the Company to better gather and present news and information to its readers, viewers, and users and on behalf of its advertisers. These efforts were initiated in the Tampa market, where The Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV and TBO.com share the Company’s News Center facility and work side by side to provide the most comprehensive news, information and entertainment in that market. The success of this initial venture led the Company to introduce convergence to five additional markets in the Southeast where it operates newspapers, television stations, and websites in contiguous regions.

In June 2003, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued new media ownership regulations affecting, among other things, common ownership of a newspaper and a television station in the same market and the ownership of two or more television stations in a single market. Those new regulations, which replaced older regulations, subsequently were stayed by an appellate court and remanded to the FCC which is currently conducting a review of its existing media ownership regulations. The Company believes the old ownership regulations, which date from 1975 (and the revised rules to a lesser degree), are ill-advised, do not reflect current marketplace realities and infringe on the Company’s First Amendment and other rights. The Company would like to expand its convergence opportunities in the Southeast; these opportunities could be affected by the further actions of the FCC, the courts or Congress.

Industry Segments

The Company operates in three significant industry segments. For financial information related to these segments see pages 41 and 42 of the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which are incorporated herein by reference. These segments are Publishing, Broadcast, and Interactive Media. Additional information related to each of the Company’s significant industry segments is included below.

Publishing Business

At December 31, 2006, the Company’s wholly owned publishing operations included daily and Sunday newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. Combined average paid circulation for these newspapers in 2006 was as follows (in thousands):

Newspaper Location	Daily	Sunday	Weekly
Virginia	346	390	47
Florida	234	309	1
North Carolina	163	175	7
Alabama	47	49	4
South Carolina	31	34	8
Total	821	957	67

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The newspaper publishing industry in the United States is comprised of hundreds of public and private companies ranging from large national and regional companies, publishing multiple newspapers across many states, to small privately held companies publishing one newspaper in one locality. The Company is one of the largest publicly held newspaper publishing companies in the United States based on circulation and publishes more daily newspapers in the Southeast than any other company. Moreover, the Company is third in total circulation in its chosen southeastern area of focus, with its publications reaching over one million households across the Southeast every week.

All of the Company’s newspapers compete for circulation and advertising with other newspapers published nationally and in nearby cities and towns and for advertising with magazines, radio, broadcast and cable television, the Internet and other promotional media. All of the newspapers compete for circulation principally on the basis of content, quality of service and price.

The primary raw material used by the Company in its publishing operations is newsprint, which is purchased at market prices from various Canadian and United States sources, including SP Newsprint Company (SPNC), in which the Company owns a one-third equity interest. SPNC has mills in Dublin, Georgia, and Newberg, Oregon, with a combined annual capacity in excess of one million short tons. The publishing operations of the Company consumed approximately 123,000 short tons of newsprint in 2006. Management of the Company believes that sources of supply under existing arrangements, including a commitment to purchase 40,000 short tons from SPNC, will be adequate in 2007.

In June 2005, the Company sold its 20% ownership in The Denver Post Company (Denver), parent company of the Denver Post, to MediaNews Group, Inc. For additional information regarding the sale, see page 39 of the Annual Report to Stockholders.

Broadcast Business

The Broadcast Television Division operates 23 network-affiliated television stations in the United States. The following table sets forth certain information on each of these stations:

Station Location and Affiliation	National Market Rank (a)	Station Rank (a) *	Audience % Share (a) *	Expiration Date of FCC License (b)	Expiration Date of Network Agreement
WFLA-TV NBC (c)	12	1	11%	02/01/05	01/01/12
Tampa, FL
WNCN-TV NBC (c)	29	3	6%	12/01/12	01/01/12
Raleigh-Durham, NC
WCMH-TV NBC (c)	32	2	11%	10/01/13	01/01/12
Columbus, OH
WSPA-TV CBS	36	1	13%	12/01/04	06/30/15
Greenville, SC
Spartanburg, SC
Satellite:
WNEG-TV,				04/01/05	06/30/15
Toccoa, GA
WYCW-TV CW	36	5	2%	12/01/04	09/17/12
Asheville, NC
WVTM-TV NBC (c)	40	4	8%	04/01/13	01/01/12
Birmingham, AL

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Station Location and Affiliation	National Market Rank (a)	Station Rank (a) *	Audience % Share (a) *	Expiration Date of FCC License (b)	Expiration Date of Network Agreement
WCWJ-TV CW	50	5	4%	02/01/13	09/17/12
Jacksonville, FL
WJAR-TV NBC (c)	51	1	16%	04/01/07	01/01/12
Providence, RI
WKRG-TV CBS	59	1	14%	04/01/13	04/02/15
Mobile, AL
Pensacola, FL
WTVQ-TV ABC	63	3	9%	08/01/05	06/30/14
Lexington, KY
WSLS-TV NBC	68	2	13%	10/01/04	01/01/12
Roanoke, VA
WJTV-TV CBS	87	1	18%	06/01/05	12/31/14
Jackson, MS
WJHL-TV CBS	92	2	17%	08/01/05	12/31/14
Johnson City, TN
WSAV-TV NBC (d)	97	2	10%	04/01/13	01/01/12
Savannah, GA
WCBD-TV NBC (e)	100	2	13%	12/01/04	01/01/12
Charleston, SC
WBTW-TV CBS (d)	105	1	22%	12/01/04	06/30/15
Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC
WNCT-TV CBS (e)	107	1	18%	12/01/04	12/31/14
Greenville, NC
WJBF-TV ABC	114	2	16%	04/01/13	06/30/14
Augusta, GA
WRBL-TV CBS	128	2	14%	04/01/05	03/31/15
Columbus, GA
WMBB-TV ABC	156	2	14%	02/01/05	06/30/14
Panama City, FL
WHLT-TV CBS	165	2	7%	06/01/05	08/31/15
Hattiesburg, MS
KALB-TV NBC (f)	179	1	25%	06/01/05	01/01/12
Alexandria, LA

(a) Source: November 2006 Nielsen Media Research.

(b) Television broadcast licenses are granted for maximum terms of eight years and are subject to renewal upon application to the FCC; the Company filed applications for renewal of all television station licenses in a timely manner prior to the applicable expiration dates. Refer to “Risk Factors” for further discussion of the FCC license renewal process.

(c) Station also holds a digital affiliation with NBC Weather Plus Network that expires on 1/1/12.

(d) Station also holds a digital affiliation with MyNetworkTV that expires on 9/17/11.

(e) Station also holds a digital affiliation with CW PLUS Network that expires on 9/4/11.

(f) Station also holds a digital affiliation with CBS that expires on 12/31/09.

* Sign-On to Sign-Off Households.

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The primary source of revenues for the Company’s television stations is the sale of time to national and local advertisers and political candidates. Additionally, the Company’s Professional Communications Systems operating unit derives revenue from the sale and integration of broadcast equipment to third parties including other broadcasters, corporate and governmental enterprises, and colleges and universities.

The Company’s television stations compete for audience and advertising revenues with other television and radio stations, cable programming channels, and cable television systems as well as magazines, newspapers, the Internet and other promotional media. A number of cable television systems and direct-to-home satellite companies (which operate generally on a subscriber payment basis) are in business in the Company’s broadcasting markets and compete for audience by presenting broadcast television, cable network, and other program services. The television stations compete for audience on the basis of program content and quality of reception, and for advertising revenues on the basis of price, share of market and performance.

In the third quarter of 2006, the Company acquired four NBC stations; WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina, WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island and WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama. In the third and fourth quarters of 2006, the Company sold four CBS stations; KWCH in Wichita, Kansas, and its three satellites, WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, KIMT in Mason City, Iowa, and WDEF in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For additional information regarding the acquisition and dispositions, see pages 37 and 38 of the Annual Report to Stockholders.

The television broadcast industry has largely implemented the transition from analog to digital technology in accordance with a mandated conversion timetable established by the Communications Act and the FCC. In February 2006, President Bush signed into law the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act setting February 17, 2009, as the deadline for completion of the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. The law requires the FCC to terminate the licenses for all full-power analog television stations on February 18, 2009. The Company’s television stations, with the exception of its satellite stations, have already transitioned to digital technology. The Company expects to achieve full compliance by the FCC mandated deadline.

In teractive Media Business

The Interactive Media Division (IMD), which was launched in January 2001, operates in conjunction with the Publishing and Broadcast Divisions to provide online news, information and entertainment to its customers without geographic restrictions. The Division is comprised of more than 75 interactive enterprises, as well as minority investments in two companies. In July 2005, the Division acquired Blockdot, Inc., a Dallas-based advergaming and game development firm. In July 2006, the Division began to operate four television websites through the acquisition of the related stations by the Broadcast Division. The Division focuses on the following areas of the interactive business: improving content, driving viewership, and increasing advertising and game production revenue. As the Internet is both a medium and a marketplace, direct online sales are increasing because of expanded viewership and enhanced content. This increasing popularity has enabled the Division to attain consistent profitability since 2004 at TBO.com and TimesDispatch.com, the Company’s two largest websites. The Division’s Northern Virginia and Charlottesville online enterprises have been profitable since 2005.

Among the online enterprises included in the Interactive Media Division, each of the Company’s daily newspapers and television stations is affiliated with a website featuring content complementary to but increasingly more expansive than its published products or its television offerings. Online revenues are derived primarily from advertising, which includes various classified products as well as banner and sponsorship advertisements. The most successful revenue initiatives have involved classified products placed on the Company’s websites; these products represent just over one-half of the Division’s revenues in 2006. The majority of these revenues are derived from upsell arrangements which have been successfully rolled-out to all markets. Under these

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upsell arrangements, customers pay an additional fee to have their classified advertisement placed online simultaneously with its publication in the newspaper.

In December 2006, the Company entered into a strategic alliance with Yahoo! Inc., joining a national consortium of over 200 newspapers to deliver classified advertising to consumers. The Division is currently working with Yahoo! to transition the online career sections of its 25 daily newspapers to a Yahoo!HotJobs-driven platform. Once the system becomes fully operational, the Division anticipates that all career-related advertising sold through its daily newspaper websites will also be posted on Yahoo!HotJobs, which will give the ads increased visibility to career seekers across the country.

The Company’s online enterprises compete for advertising, as well as for users’ discretionary time, against newspapers, magazines, radio, broadcast and cable television, other websites and other promotional media. These websites compete for users principally on the basis of content relevance and accessibility, and for advertisers primarily on viewer demographics and the innovative means in which advertising is delivered. Blockdot, through its advergaming production, also competes for advertising by providing major consumer product brands a unique method to deliver their message.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following paragraphs describe several risk factors which are unique to the Company:

The Company is subject to risks of decreased advertising revenues and potentially adverse effects of emerging technologies.

The Company’s revenue is primarily driven by advertiser spending, which is generally lower in the first and third fiscal quarters as consumer activity slows during those periods. Additionally, advertising revenue in the Broadcast Division tends to be higher in even-numbered years, when both political and Olympics coverage occurs. The level of advertising revenue is also dependent on a variety of factors including:

• economic conditions in the Southeast, particularly in the Tampa, Richmond, and Winston-Salem markets;

• competition from other newspapers, television broadcasters, and Internet sites;

• mergers and bankruptcies of large advertisers;

• the financial condition of the Company’s large customers.

The Company’s two largest industry segments, Publishing and Broadcast, operate in mature businesses. Today’s “on demand” culture has shifted consumers’ historical newspaper reading and television viewing behaviors, particularly among younger segments of the population. As a result, the Company’s revenues are being challenged by new, often-times Internet-based, competitors who have differing business models. Additionally, the shift in consumer behaviors has the potential to modify the terms and conditions of future network affiliation agreements. The Company’s future success is dependent upon its ability to evolve and adapt its Publishing and Broadcast operations to this changing business environment, and to ensure the continued growth of its Interactive Media businesses.

A significant change in the price of newsprint will make operating results more volatile.

Newsprint, the Company’s most significant raw material, is a commodity whose price continually responds to supply / demand imbalances. Historically, its price has been quite volatile. While newsprint expense

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represents a significant component of the Publishing Division’s total costs, higher newsprint prices typically provide a net benefit to the Company by virtue of its one-third investment in SPNC, a domestic newsprint manufacturer with a manufacturing capacity of over one million short tons annually (far more than is consumed by the Company).

The television broadcasting industry is highly regulated.

The ownership, operation and sale of broadcast television stations, including those licensed to the Company, are subject to the jurisdiction of the FCC, which engages in extensive regulation of the broadcasting industry under authority granted by the Communications Act and the rules and regulations of the FCC. The Communications Act requires broadcasters to serve the public interest. Among other things, the FCC assigns frequency bands; determines stations’ locations and operating parameters; issues, renews, revokes and modifies station licenses; regulates and limits changes in ownership or control of station licenses; regulates equipment used by stations; regulates station employment practices; regulates certain program content and commercial matters in children’s programming; has the authority to impose penalties for violations of its rules or the Communications Act; and imposes annual fees on stations. Reference should be made to the Communications Act, as well as to the FCC’s rules, public notices and rulings for further information concerning the nature and extent of federal regulation of broadcast television stations.

Congress and the FCC have under consideration, and in the future may adopt, new laws, regulations and policies regarding a wide variety of matters that could affect, directly or indirectly, the operation, ownership transferability and profitability of the Company’s broadcast television stations and affect the ability of the Company to acquire additional stations. In addition to the matters noted above, these include, for example, spectrum use fees, political advertising rates, potential restrictions on the advertising of certain products (such as alcoholic beverages), program content, increased fines for rule violations and ownership rule changes. Other matters that could potentially affect the Company’s broadcast properties include technological innovations and developments generally affecting competition in the mass communications industry, such as personal video recorders, satellite radio and television services, wireless cable systems, low-power television stations, and Internet delivered video programming services.

Continued uncertainty about media ownership regulations dampens the acquisition market as both buyers and sellers wait for the FCC to provide clarity. Additionally, a rejection of license renewals and waivers by the FCC could have a material, adverse effect on the Company’s business. Typically, the FCC begins processing renewal applications over the last month of the renewal term. Since the television license renewal cycle commenced in June 2004, however, the FCC has held up almost all television renewal applications filed by affiliates of the major networks pending FCC disposition of a backlog of indecency and other complaints against the networks’ programming.

The Company operates newspaper-television combinations pursuant to a temporary FCC exemption in the following television markets: Columbus, Georgia; Florence – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Panama City, Florida; and Tri-Cities (Tennessee and Virginia). The Company has petitioned the FCC to grant permanent waivers or extended temporary waivers permitting the continued operation of these combinations.

While the Company strongly supports the complete elimination of all newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership restrictions, the elimination or modification of the existing rules could contribute generally to increased realignments of media entities and the convergence of various types of media. The opportunity for realignments and convergence should benefit the Company but, as other companies also may realign their properties, regulatory changes also could increase competition in the Company’s markets and could adversely affect the Company’s future operating results.

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A declining stock market and lower interest rates could affect the value of the Company’s retirement plan assets and increase its retirement obligations. An unexpected rise in health care costs would adversely impact the Company’s postretirement obligations.

The Company has a funded, qualified non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan which covers substantially all employees hired before January 1, 2007, and non-contributory unfunded supplemental executive retirement and ERISA excess plans which supplement the coverage available to certain executives. There is also an unfunded plan that provides certain health and life insurance benefits to retired employees who were hired prior to 1992. Two significant elements in determining pension income or pension expense are the expected return on plan assets and the discount rate used in projecting benefit obligations. Large declines in the stock market and lower rates of return could increase the Company’s expense and cause additional cash contributions to the pension plan. The Company mitigated this risk by freezing the service accrual in the defined benefit retirement plan effective January 1, 2007.

The Company currently anticipates that the annual growth rate in the per capita costs of covered health care benefits will decrease gradually between 2007 and 2013; however should the actual growth rate deviate significantly from this assumption, the Company’s postretirement obligations could increase.

The Company may experience lost advertising, damaged property and increased expense due to natural disasters.

Due to the Company’s concentration in the Southeast United States, its operations are particularly susceptible to tropical storms and hurricanes. These storms can cause lost advertising revenue and higher expenses if either the Company’s broadcasting or newspaper markets are threatened or are directly in the path of the storms. Additionally, the Company’s property could experience severe damage in the event of a major storm.

The Company may acquire or divest properties that significantly affect its results of operations and financial position.

All acquisitions involve risk, which may include increases in debt to finance the acquisition, higher costs to integrate the new operations, lower-than-expected operating results, differing levels of internal control effectiveness at the acquired entities, and other unanticipated problems and liabilities. Periodically, acquired intangible assets are tested for possible impairment. The Company may record an impairment charge if the financial statement carrying value of an asset exceeds its estimated fair value which could be adversely affected by changing market conditions. Divestitures also have inherent risks, including possible delays in closing transactions and that the Company may not realize the sales price it expects for the businesses divested.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None

Item 2. Properties

The headquarters buildings of Media General, Inc., and the Richmond Times-Dispatch are adjacent to one another in Richmond, Virginia. The Company includes in its results the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that owns both of these buildings; the Company has an option to own these buildings outright and currently anticipates exercising this option when the VIE matures in March 2007. The Company owns a third adjacent building which houses the Interactive Media Division’s and Broadcast Division’s management. The Richmond newspaper is printed at a production and distribution facility in Hanover County, Virginia, near Richmond. The Company

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owns eight other daily newspapers in Virginia, all of which are printed in or around their respective cities at production and distribution facilities. The Tampa, Florida, newspaper is located in a single unit production plant and office building. The headquarters of the Company’s Brooksville and Sebring, Florida, daily newspapers are located on leased property in their respective cities. The Winston-Salem newspaper is headquartered in one facility in downtown Winston-Salem; its newspaper is printed at a nearby production and distribution facility. The remaining twelve daily newspapers (seven in North Carolina, three in Alabama, and one each in South Carolina and Florida) are printed at production and distribution facilities located in or around their respective cities. The Company owns substantially all of its newspaper production equipment, production buildings and the land where these production facilities reside.

The Company’s broadcast television station, WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, occupies its headquarters and studio building; the Company includes in its results the VIE that owns this building and has an option to own the building outright and currently anticipates exercising this option when the VIE matures in March 2007. This building adjoins The Tampa Tribune. This structure also serves as a multimedia news center where efforts are combined and information is shared among The Tampa Tribune, WFLA-TV and TBO.com.

The Company’s 23 television stations are located in 12 states (ten southeastern) as follows: four in Georgia; three each in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina; two each in Alabama and Mississippi; and one each in Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. Substantially all of the television stations are located on land owned by the Company. Eleven stations own their tower and the land, six stations own their tower but lease the land, four stations participate in 50/50 partnerships that own both the tower and the land or own the tower but lease the land, and two stations lease space on towers.

The Interactive Media Division primarily operates out of and in conjunction with the Publishing and Broadcast properties.

The Company considers all of its properties, together with the related machinery and equipment contained therein, to be well maintained, in good operating condition, and adequate for its present needs. The Company continually evaluates future needs and from time-to-time will undertake significant projects to replace or upgrade facilities. New facilities in Bristol, Virginia and Opelika, Alabama were put in service in 2006. Projects in Lynchburg, Virginia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina are expected to be completed by early 2008.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

None

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None

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Executive Officers of the Registrant

Name	Age	Position and Office	Year First Took Office*
J. Stewart Bryan III	68	Chairman	1985
Marshall N. Morton	61	President and Chief Executive Officer	1989
O. Reid Ashe, Jr.	58	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	2001
H. Graham Woodlief, Jr.	62	Vice President, President of Publishing Division	1989
James A. Zimmerman	60	Vice President, President of Broadcast Division	2001
Neal F. Fondren	48	Vice President, President of Interactive Media Division	2001
Stephen Y. Dickinson	61	Controller and Chief Accounting Officer	1989
George L. Mahoney	54	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	1993
Lou Anne J. Nabhan	52	Vice President, Corporate Communications	2001
John A. Schauss	51	Vice President -Finance and Chief Financial Officer	2001
James F. Woodward	47	Vice President, Human Resources	2005

* The year indicated is the year in which the officer first assumed an office with the Company.

Officers of the Company are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors to serve, unless sooner removed, until the next Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors and/or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following graph, which is being furnished pursuant to Item 201 of Regulation S-K, shows the cumulative total Stockholder return on the Company’s Class A Stock over the last five fiscal years as compared to the returns of the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Publishing Index, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Market Index. The graph assumes $100 was invested on December 28, 2001, in the Company’s Class A Stock, the S&P Publishing Index and the NYSE Market Index and also assumes reinvestment of dividends.

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Reference is also made to page 52 of the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which is incorporated herein by reference, for the other information required by this item.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

Reference is made to page 53 of the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which is incorporated herein by reference, for information required by this item.

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Reference is made to pages 21 through 27 of the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which are incorporated herein by reference, for information required by this item.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Reference is made to pages 26, 36, and 40 of the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders, which are incorporated herein by reference, for information required by this item.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, and for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2006, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report thereon, as well as the Company’s unaudited quarterly financial data for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, are incorporated herein by reference from the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders pages 30 through 52.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

The Company’s attestation report on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, are incorporated herein by reference from the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders pages 28 and 29.

During 2006, the Company installed an integrated advertising and billing system at its two largest Publishing operations which upgraded information system capabilities, improved business processes and expanded customer service opportunities. In addition, the new system resulted in enhanced internal controls. Eventually, the new system will be used to manage advertising processes for all of the Company’s newspapers and online operations and will be rolled out over the 2007 and 2008 timeframe. During this period, the Company will phase in various changes in processes and procedures and perform additional control activities to ensure that effective internal control over financial reporting is maintained.

Item 9B. Other Information

None

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 26, 2007, with respect to directors, executive officers, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, audit committee, and audit committee financial experts of the Company and Section 16(a) beneficial ownership reporting compliance, except as to certain information regarding executive officers included in Part I.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 26, 2007.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 26, 2007.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 26, 2007.

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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Incorporated herein by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 26, 2007.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) 1. and 2. Financial Statement Schedules

The financial statements and schedules listed in the accompanying index to financial statements and financial schedules are filed as part of this annual report.

3. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the accompanying index to exhibits are filed as part of this annual report.

Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules - Item 15(a)

	Form 10-K	Annual Report to Stockholders
Media General, Inc. (Registrant)
Report of management on Media General, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting		28
Report of independent registered public accounting firm on internal control over financial reporting		29
Report of independent registered public accounting firm		30
Consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004		31
Consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005		32-33
Consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004		34
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004		35
Notes 1 through 11 to the consolidated financial statements		36-51
Schedule:
II - Valuation and qualifying accounts and reserves for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004	13

Schedules other than Schedule II, listed above, are omitted since they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

The consolidated financial statements of Media General, Inc. listed in the above index which are included in the Annual Report to Stockholders of Media General, Inc., for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, are incorporated herein by reference. With the exception of the pages listed in the above index and the information incorporated by reference included in Parts I, II and III, the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders is not deemed filed as part of this report.

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Media General, Inc.

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004

	Balance at Beginning of period (a)		Additions charged to expense-net (a)		Deductions Net (a)			Transfers (b)		Balance at end of period (a)
2006
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	5,890,578	$	5,857,075	$	(5,521,306	)	$	341,665	$	6,568,012
2005
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	5,798,156	$	6,026,776	$	(5,949,876	)	$	15,522	$	5,890,578
2004
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$	6,671,400	$	4,496,313	$	(5,369,557	)	$	—	$	5,798,156

^(a) Amounts presented for continuing operations for all periods.

^(b) Amounts associated with acquisitions of businesses.

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Index to Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
2.1	Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated April 6, 2006, by and among Outlet Broadcasting, Inc., NBC Sub (WCMH), LLC, Birmingham Broadcasting (WVTM-TV), Inc., NBC WVTM License Company, NBC WNCN License Company, NBC WCMH License Company, NBC WJAR License Company, NBC Universal, Inc., and Media General, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2006.
2.2	First Amendment, dated June 26, 2006, to Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 6, 2006, by and among Outlet Broadcasting, Inc., NBC Sub (WCMH), LLC, Birmingham Broadcasting (WVTM-TV), Inc., NBC WVTM License Company, NBC WNCN License Company, NBC WCMH License Company, NBC WJAR License Company, NBC Universal, Inc., and Media General, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Form 8-K filed on June 27, 2006.
3(i)	Articles of Incorporation of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of May 28, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 27, 2004.
3(ii)	Bylaws of Media General, Inc., amended and restated as of May 28, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) of Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended June 27, 2004.
10.1	Form of Option granted under the 1976 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 of Registration Statement 2-56905.
10.2	Additional Form of Option to be granted under the 1976 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 Registration Statement 2-56905.
10.3	Addendum dated January 1984, to Form of Option granted under the 1976 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1983.
10.4	Addendum dated June 19, 1992, to Form of Option granted under the 1976 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 1992.
10.5	Addendum dated June 19, 1992, to Form of Option granted under the 1987 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 1992.
10.6	Shareholders Agreement, dated May 28, 1987, between Mary Tennant Bryan, Florence Bryan Wisner, J. Stewart Bryan III, and as trustees under D. Tennant Bryan Media Trust, and Media General, Inc., D. Tennant Bryan and J. Stewart Bryan III, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1987.
10.7	Media General, Inc., Supplemental 401(K) Plan, amended and restated as of April 29, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.

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10.8	Media General, Inc., Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan, amended and restated as of November 24, 2003, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003.
10.9	Deferred Income Plan for Selected Key Executives of Media General, Inc., and form of Deferred Compensation Agreement thereunder dated as of December 1, 1984, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1989.
10.10	Media General, Inc., Management Performance Award Program, adopted November 16, 1990, and effective January 1, 1991, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 1991.
10.11	Media General, Inc., Deferred Compensation Plan, amended and restated as of January 1, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of Registration Statement 333-69527.
10.12	Media General, Inc., ERISA Excess Benefits Plan, amended and restated as of November 17, 1994, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 1994.
10.13	Media General, Inc., 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of May 18, 2001, incorporated by reference to Appendix B of the Proxy Statement dated April 2, 2001.
10.14	Media General, Inc., 1996 Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, amended as of December 31, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.
10.15	Media General, Inc., 1997 Employee Restricted Stock Plan, amended as of December 31, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.
10.16	Media General, Inc., Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan, amended and restated as of November 16, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.
10.17	Form of an executive life insurance agreement between the Company and certain executive officers, incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.17 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002.
10.18	Media General, Inc., Executive Automobile Program, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.
10.19	Media General, Inc., Executive Financial Planning and Income Tax Program, amended and restated as of October 16, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005.
10.20	Media General, Inc., Executive Health Program adopted November 22, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004.
10.21	Media General, Inc., Stock Appreciation Rights Plan adopted January 31, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 of Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2007.

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10.22	Media General, Inc., Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (select executives) granted under Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2007.
10.23	Media General, Inc., Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (other recipients) granted under Stock Appreciation Rights Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 of Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2007.
10.24	Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, dated November 1, 1987, by and among Virginia Paper Manufacturing Corp., KR Newsprint Company, Inc., and CEI Newsprint, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1987.
10.25	Amended and Restated Umbrella Agreement, dated November 1, 1987, by and among Media General, Inc., Knight - Ridder, Inc., and Cox Enterprises, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1987.
10.26	Amended Newsprint Purchase Contract, dated November 1, 1987, by and among Southeast Paper Manufacturing Co., Media General, Inc., Knight-Ridder, Inc., and Cox Enterprises, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1987.
10.27	Television affiliation letter agreement, dated April 16, 2001, between Media General Broadcast Group and the NBC Television Network incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2001.
10.28	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated March 14, 2005, among Media General, Inc., and various lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2005.
10.29	First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated May 31, 2006, among Media General, Inc., and various lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2006.
10.30	Credit Agreement, dated August 8, 2006, among Media General, Inc., and various lenders, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of Form 8-K filed on August 10, 2006.
13	Media General, Inc., Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
21	List of subsidiaries of the registrant.
23.1	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
31.1	Section 302 Chief Executive Officer Certification
31.2	Section 302 Chief Financial Officer Certification
32	Section 906 Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification

Note: Exhibits 10.1-10.23 are management contracts or compensatory plans, contracts or arrangements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	MEDIA GENERAL, INC.
Date: February 27, 2007
	/s/ Marshall N. Morton
	Marshall N. Morton, President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ J. Stewart Bryan III J. Stewart Bryan	Chairman	February 27, 2007
/s/ O. Reid Ashe, Jr. O. Reid Ashe, Jr.	Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ John A. Schauss John A. Schauss	Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer	February 27, 2007
/s/ Stephen Y. Dickinson Stephen Y. Dickinson	Controller and Chief Accounting Officer	February 27, 2007
/s/ Diana F. Cantor Diana F. Cantor	Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ Charles A. Davis Charles A. Davis	Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ Thompson L. Rankin Thompson L. Rankin	Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ Rodney A. Smolla Rodney A. Smolla	Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ Walter E. Williams Walter E. Williams	Director	February 27, 2007
/s/ Coleman Wortham III Coleman Wortham III	Director	February 27, 2007

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EX-13

Exhibit 13

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This discussion addresses the principal factors affecting the Company’s financial condition and operations during the past three years and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the Five-Year Financial Summary found elsewhere in this report.

OVERVIEW

The Company is a diversified communications company located primarily in the southeastern United States. Its mission is to be the leading provider of high-quality news, information and entertainment in the Southeast by continually building its position of strength in strategically located markets. The Company garners this strength through organic growth, the development of products and services that are both unique and relevant to its customers, and through strategic acquisitions which focus on expanding its footprint in the Company’s chosen southeastern market without ignoring expansion opportunities in other burgeoning markets. The Company implements its strategy and manages its operations through three business segments: Publishing, Broadcast and Interactive Media. The Company owns 25 daily newspapers and more than 150 other publications, 23 network-affiliated television stations, and it operates more than 75 online enterprises.

The Company seized strategic opportunities in 2006 which included the acquisition of four NBC owned and operated television stations as well as the disposition of several CBS stations in markets which were not strategically aligned with the Company’s vision. The stations acquired included: WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina; WCMH in Columbus, Ohio; WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama; and WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. This acquisition expanded the Company’s southeastern footprint to include the key Raleigh-Durham market. It also added stations to the Company’s portfolio in growing markets which are expected to enhance margins in the Broadcast Division and to better balance overall contributions to revenue and operating profits between the Broadcast and Publishing operations. The divested stations included: KWCH in Wichita, Kansas (including that station’s three satellites); WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama (as agreed upon when granted FCC approval for the purchase of WVTM in Birmingham); WDEF in Chattanooga, Tennessee; and KIMT in Mason City, Iowa.

Media General relies heavily on advertising from all three of its segments as a primary source of revenue. The distribution of advertising revenues in the United States continues to shift among numerous media, as well as many new entrants, causing increased competition. While internet advertising growth rates have been the highest of all media, that growth is from a relatively small base. The Company’s Interactive Media Division has capitalized on this trend posting a 22% advertising revenue increase over 2005. The Company has partnered with Yahoo!HotJobs and several other Publishing companies that represent more than 200 newspapers in the online classified employment arena. Full transition to this new platform will be completed later in 2007. The Company initially expects higher revenues and expense with minimal effect on profit in 2007; the benefit to the bottom line is expected in 2008 and beyond. While speculation continues to exist regarding the pace and intensity of a shift away from traditional print advertising, the Company believes that newspaper advertising will remain a significant and valuable source of revenues. Although newspaper circulation in the publishing industry has experienced a slow erosion with the availability of information from so many competing mediums, the Company actively pursues all means of sustaining and growing its circulation. Through content innovation, the Company’s newspapers are committed to strengthening their relevance and community interest which resulted in increased Sunday or daily circulation at seven of the Company’s newspapers in 2006. The Company remained at the top of its peer group for total revenue and advertising revenue growth in 2006, and was the leader in Retail revenue growth, an achievement that is largely attributable to the introduction of targeted new products.

Advertising at the Broadcast Division can be significantly impacted by events like the Olympics and the Super Bowl, as well as national and statewide political races which generate additional advertising dollars. These events, or their absence in a given year, cause a certain cyclicality in the Company’s Broadcast revenues as even-numbered years tend to flourish from an influx of Political revenues combined with the presence of Olympics advertising. The following graph shows Political advertising as a percentage of total time sales, clearly demonstrating how Political advertising contributes to this cyclicality.

Accordingly, 2006 was a banner year for the Broadcast Division as it reaped the benefits of more than $50 million in Political advertising revenues (including $20 million from the newly acquired NBC stations).

Newsprint prices also influence the Company’s results in two fundamental ways. First, the Company owns a one-third interest in SP Newsprint Company (SPNC), a domestic newsprint manufacturer with a manufacturing capacity of over one million short tons annually. Second, newsprint expense represents a significant portion of the Publishing Division’s total costs (approximately 14% to 15% in each of the last three years). While higher newsprint prices are beneficial to SPNC, as they typically translate into increased profits, they are detrimental to the Publishing Division because they increase production costs. The Company’s share of SPNC’s annual production is approximately 350,000 short tons, which is more than twice the approximate annual newsprint consumption of its newspapers. Consequently, each $1/ton change in newsprint selling price (absent other changes) affects the Company’s net income by approximately $135 thousand annually.

Newsprint prices have historically been driven by the economics of supply and demand. After hitting a 20-year low in 2002, newsprint prices rose steadily over the last three and one-half years, before leveling out in mid-2006 as shown in the accompanying graph. The Company expects the downturn in prices that began in the fourth quarter of 2006 will continue throughout 2007 due to a reduction in newsprint consumption on an industry-wide basis as many publishing companies are experiencing sluggish circulation volumes, have switched to lighter weights of newsprint and are becoming more focused on newsprint conservation efforts, all of which contribute to lower demand. The financial results of SPNC in 2004 and 2006 reflected the rising prices shown below; however, SPNC’s 2005 results ran counter to this trend, as increased energy costs stifled higher revenues. In 2004, the Company’s share of SPNC’s income was $1 million. Despite higher newsprint prices in 2005, the Company’s share of SPNC’s income remained at $1 million due to soaring energy

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costs which essentially offset rising newsprint prices. However, 2006 results rebounded as SPNC’s operations reflected that year’s improved newsprint prices and the Company recorded $10.5 million as its share of SPNC’s income (despite energy cost levels similar to those of 2005).

The Company continues to participate actively in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) review of its media ownership regulations. In 2003, the FCC passed new rules that would have allowed common-ownership of broadcast television stations and newspapers in all large markets, and would have allowed cross-ownership on a more limited basis in all but the smallest markets. However, after a remand by the courts, the new rules are back at the FCC for reconsideration and, in mid-2006, the FCC re-opened its media ownership proceedings. The Company believes the old regulations, which date from 1975 (and the revised rules to a lesser degree) do not reflect the realities of the current media marketplace and impinge on the Company’s First Amendment rights. The Company’s filings with the FCC argue for complete repeal of the 1975 rule across all markets. A favorable outcome would facilitate greater opportunities for the Company to expand its convergence efforts in the Southeast. The Company believes that uncertainty about media ownership issues has had the effect of dampening the acquisition market in recent years as buyers and sellers have waited for the FCC to provide clarity. Unfortunately, there is no near-term resolution in sight. While the process continues, the Company has sought license renewals and waivers from the FCC in the markets where cross-ownership remains an issue. The Company will continue to evaluate attractive acquisition opportunities as they emerge and anticipates continuing to expand its reach in a complementary and disciplined fashion.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP) requires that management make various estimates and assumptions that have an impact on the assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses reported. The Company considers an accounting estimate to be critical if that estimate requires assumptions be made about matters that were uncertain at the time the accounting estimate was made, and if changes in the estimate (which are reasonably likely to occur from period to period) would have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has reviewed the development, selection and disclosure of these critical accounting estimates. While actual results could differ from accounting estimates, the Company’s most critical accounting estimates and assumptions are in the following areas:

Intangible assets

The Company reviews the carrying values of both goodwill and other identified intangible assets, including FCC licenses, in the fourth quarter each year, or earlier if events indicate impairment may have arisen, utilizing discounted cash flow models. The preparation of such discounted future operating cash flow analyses requires significant management judgment with respect to operating profit growth rates, appropriate discount rates, and residual values. The fourth-quarter 2006 tests indicated no impairment. However, since the estimated fair values in the discounted cash flow model are subject to change based on the Company’s performance and overall market conditions, future impairment charges are possible.

The Company also periodically reevaluates the remaining useful life of its finite-lived intangible assets. Effective at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company reevaluated the remaining useful life of its network affiliation intangible assets (previously 40 years) and determined that the life should be 25 years because this was deemed to be the length of time before a material modification of the underlying contract would occur. Because of this change approximately $1.9 million of lower amortization expense was recorded in the first three quarters of 2004 related to network affiliation intangible assets.

Pension plans and postretirement benefits

The determination of the liabilities and cost of the Company’s pension and other postretirement plans requires the use of assumptions. The actuarial assumptions used in the Company’s pension and postretirement reporting are reviewed annually with independent actuaries and compared with external benchmarks, historical trends, and the Company’s own experience to determine that its assumptions are reasonable. The assumptions used in developing the required estimates include the following key factors:

• Discount rates

• Expected return on plan assets

• Salary growth

• Mortality rates

• Health care cost trends

• Retirement rates

• Expected contributions

A one percentage-point change in the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets would have resulted in a change in pension expense for 2006 of approximately $2.9 million. A one percentage-point increase or decrease in the discount rate would have raised or lowered by approximately $7.5 million the plans’ 2006 expense and would have changed the plans’ projected obligations by approximately $65 million as of the end of 2006. Effective for fiscal 2007, the Company redesigned its defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans and also added certain new employee benefit programs. The changes included: freezing the service accrual in the defined benefit retirement plan for existing employees (while closing this plan to new employees), increasing the maximum company match in the 401(k) defined contribution plan to 5% from 4% of an employee’s earnings, adding a profit sharing feature to the 401(k) plan, and establishing new retiree medical savings accounts. The Company took these steps to reduce the volatility of future pension expense and contributions while continuing to offer competitive retirement benefits to its employees. Beginning with its fiscal 2006 year-end financial statements, the Company adopted Statement No. 158 – Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FAS statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), and its balance sheet now reflects the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

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Self-insurance liabilities

The Company self-insures for certain medical and disability benefits, workers’ compensation costs, and automobile and general liability claims with specified stop-loss provisions for high-dollar claims. The Company estimates the liabilities for these items (approximately $19 million at December 31, 2006) based on historical experience and advice from actuaries and claim administrators. Actual claims experience as well as changes in health care cost trends could result in the Company’s eventual cost differing from the estimate.

Income taxes

The Company files income tax returns with various state tax jurisdictions in addition to the Internal Revenue Service and is regularly audited by both federal and state tax agencies. From time to time, those audits may result in proposed adjustments. The Company has considered the alternative interpretations that may be assumed by the various tax agencies and does not anticipate any material impact on its earnings as a result of the various audits. The Company will adopt Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, in the first quarter of 2007. This interpretation requires that income tax positions recognized in an entity’s tax returns have a more-likely-than-not chance of being sustained prior to recording the related tax benefit in the financial statements. If subsequent information becomes available that changes the more-likely-than-not assessment of either a previously unrecognized or recognized tax benefit, the corresponding tax benefit or expense would be recorded in the period in which the information becomes available. The Company does not expect the adoption of FIN 48 to have a material impact on its financial position.

The Company records income tax expense and liabilities in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the differing treatments of various items of income and expense for financial reporting versus tax reporting purposes. The Company bases its estimate of those deferred tax assets and liabilities on current tax laws and rates as well as expected future income. Therefore, any significant changes in enacted federal and state tax laws or in expected future earnings might impact income tax expense and deferred tax assets and liabilities.

The Company has benefited from the Qualified Production Activity Deduction (QPAD), which was passed as part of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and became effective for years beginning with 2005. The QPAD, which effectively lowers the federal tax rate of domestic manufacturers, is being phased in over a five-year period. The majority of the Company’s Publishing operations qualify for this deduction and the provision for income taxes reflects this deduction.

Summary

Management believes, given current facts and circumstances, supplemented by the expertise and concurrence of external resources, including actuaries and accountants, that its estimates and assumptions are reasonable and are in accordance with GAAP. Management further believes that the assumptions and estimates actually used in the financial statements, taken as a whole, represent the most appropriate choices from among reasonably possible alternatives and fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company. Management will continue to discuss key estimates with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net income

The Company recorded net income of $79 million in 2006, a net loss of $243 million in 2005, and net income of $80 million in 2004. In order to facilitate a meaningful review of comparative results spanning the last three years, several items merit separate consideration. As discussed previously, the Company sold several CBS stations in 2006 resulting in a net gain of $11 million ($0.46 per diluted share); the following discussion focuses only on results from continuing operations for all years presented. Unless otherwise indicated, results of the four newly acquired NBC stations (which contributed approximately $20 million in pretax broadcast operating profits) are also excluded to provide relevant year-over-year comparisons. See Note 2 for a detailed discussion of the Company’s 2006 acquisitions and divestitures. Additionally, fiscal 2006 included an extra (53^rd) week, the estimated impact of which merits consideration in several instances in the following analysis. Results for 2005 were substantially impacted by the January adoption of EITF Topic D-108, Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets Other Than Goodwill, which requires the use of a direct method for valuing all acquired intangible assets other than goodwill. The direct method resulted in recording a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle charge of $325.5 million ($13.63 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2005. See Note 3 for a full discussion of this accounting change. Also influencing 2005 results was the sale of the Company’s 20% interest in The Denver Post Company to MediaNews Group, Inc., which resulted in an after-tax gain of $19.4 million ($0.81 per diluted share).

         Excluding the Denver gain, income in 2006 from continuing operations before the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle rose $3.7 million (6%) over the prior year. Factors which fueled this increase included a 23% rise in Broadcast operating income due to vigorous Political advertising, a nine-fold increase in the Company’s share of SPNC’s results (primarily attributable to higher newsprint selling prices), and a 53^rd week in the year which accounted for approximately $2.5 million in additional income. Conversely, several items served to temper these increases including a 65% rise in interest expense and an 11% increase in intangibles amortization, both overwhelmingly due to the acquisition of the NBC stations. The Publishing Division suffered a 7.5% decline in operating profits as slightly higher advertising revenues were unable to offset higher divisional expenses. Also negatively impacting results was $5.6 million of non-cash stock option expense recorded in 2006 as a result of the required adoption of Statement 123(R) (discussed more fully below).

In January 2006, the Company adopted FASB Statement 123(R), Share-Based Payment, under which share-based transactions are accounted for using a fair-value-based method to recognize non-cash compensation expense. Prior to adoption, the Company’s stock-based compensation plans were accounted for in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, under which stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company adopted Statement 123(R) using the modified prospective method, at which time it also switched to using a binomial lattice model to value its stock options. The Company estimated its volatility factor based on its historical volatility over the contractual term of the options using historical data to derive the option’s expected life and employee forfeiture rates. As noted above, in 2006 the Company recognized compensation expense of $5.6 million ($3.6 million after taxes) related to stock options as a result of adopting Statement 123(R). As of December 31, 2006, there was $5.3 million of total unrecognized cost related to employee stock options and $12.9 million of total unrecognized cost related to Performance Accelerated Restricted Shares which are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years and 5 years, respectively. Results for prior periods have not been restated. See Note 8 for a complete discussion on the adoption of this standard.

Excluding the Denver gain, income from continuing operations before the cumulative effect of change in accounting principle of

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$61.7 million in 2005 was down $15.5 million from 2004. This year-over-year decline was primarily attributable to a 22.7% decrease in Broadcast Division operating profits due to the $34.2 million drop in Political advertising revenues, as well as the absence of $5 million in Olympics-related advertising. The Publishing and Interactive Media Divisions played a much smaller role in shaping the Company’s year-over-year overall results. Again excluding the Denver gain, Publishing Division operating profits were down nominally from the prior year, while the Interactive Media Division reduced its operating loss by $2.3 million (36.3%) compared to 2004. Other dynamics which influenced the year’s results included a 12.9% increase in intangibles amortization (principally due to the shortening of network affiliation intangible asset useful lives from 40 to 25 years in the fourth quarter of 2004), and a 5.4% reduction in interest expense (lower average debt levels more than offset higher rate). The Company’s share of SP Newsprint’s results was virtually level with the 2004 results, as higher selling prices barely outpaced increased raw material costs and significantly higher energy expense.

Publishing

Excluding the Denver gain, operating income for the Publishing Division was down $9.6 million in 2006 as compared to the prior year. A $13.3 million increase in revenues was more than offset by higher operating expenses. This revenue improvement was aided by a 53rd week in 2006 which contributed approximately $10.5 million across various revenue categories. As illustrated by the following chart, Classified revenues remained the Division’s growth engine, with Retail advertising developing into a close contender. Due in large part to the strength of these two advertising categories, 2006 marked the fourth consecutive year in which the Division posted year-over-year growth in overall revenues. Classified advertising revenues rose 4.4% and contributed 60% of the total advertising growth due primarily to explosive real estate advertising and the extra week. Retail advertising improved nearly 4% and reflected new revenue initiatives and consistent growth in several categories, particularly home improvement, as well as the extra week. Conversely, National advertising labored due to weakness in the telecommunications category (which spilled over from 2005) and in the automotive category. Circulation revenues fell below the prior-year level due to a change in wholesale rates to independent carriers in some markets, for which there was a corresponding expense decrease, as well as to small volume declines.

Publishing Division operating expenses increased $22.7 million in 2006 over the previous year, which included approximately $8 million of additional expense associated with this year’s 53rd week. A 4.5% rise in compensation and employee benefit costs accounted for the largest portion of this increase due to the extra week and to normal salary increases combined with higher retirement costs. Despite a leveling off of newsprint prices for the latter half of 2006, newsprint expense was up 4.6% in the year as average newsprint prices increased $74 per short ton over 2005’s average prices. Reduced newsprint consumption due to switching to lighter weight newsprint, concerted conservation efforts and decreased circulation volumes helped to significantly offset these higher newsprint prices as well as the impact of the extra week. Additionally, depreciation and amortization expense rose 9.5% in 2006 as a result of two new printing facilities and a new advertising system, as well as accelerated depreciation related to the reduction of web-widths on printing presses.

        Excluding the Denver gain, operating income for the Publishing Division showed minimal movement in 2005 from the prior year; a $21.4 million increase in revenues was more than offset by higher operating expenses. Classified advertising revenues rose over 8% and contributed three-quarters of the division’s revenue gain in 2005 on the strength of robust employment advertising in almost all markets. Retail and National revenues were both up 3.1%, reflecting modest, but consistent growth. In 2005, Retail advertising benefited from increases in the financial and medical categories as well as solid growth in preprints. National advertising began 2005 with a flourish (primarily in the telecommunications category) but softened significantly in the latter part of the year, although still outperforming 2004. Additionally, small volume decreases at most newspapers combined with a change in wholesale rates to independent carriers in some markets (for which there was a parallel expense decrease) led to lower Circulation revenues in 2005 as compared to the prior year.

Publishing Division operating expenses increased $22.2 million in 2005 over the previous year due to a combination of several significant factors. Employee compensation and benefit costs increased $10.6 million due to annual salary increases, higher retirement plan expenses and increased health care costs. Newsprint expense was up $6.8 million due to a $55 per ton rise in average price. Additionally, certain other costs at the Florida properties were up 5.1% due to new product offerings, advertising incentives, circulation-related costs and the transition to an expanded packaging facility.

Broadcast

Broadcast results for 2006 included the four NBC stations which the Company acquired in the second half of the year. These stations contributed $60.1 million in revenues and $19.6 million in operating profits to the Division. As their integration into the Division’s existing framework continues to progress and evolve, the Company looks forward to their future contributions. As mentioned earlier, for purposes of the remainder of this discussion and for the chart that follows, results of the acquired stations as well as discontinued operations are excluded.

In 2006, Broadcast Division operating profits exceeded the prior year by $15 million (22.9%) as the direct result of a $28.5 million (10.4%) increase in revenues. These strong results were bolstered by a 53rd week which augmented operating profits and revenues by approximately $1.7 million and $6 million, respectively. Robust advertising time sales, driven predominantly by a surge in Political advertising, significantly outpaced higher operating expenses. As illustrated in the following chart, advertising revenues rose in all categories over the past two years (with the exception of Political advertising in 2005’s off-election year). In 2006, Political advertising revenues contributed nearly 85% of the Division’s increase in overall advertising time sales (up 12.4%) as campaign spending was in full throttle for gubernatorial, Senate, House, and state and local races in this election year. Despite the vast majority of advertising dollars

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being channeled into Political advertising in 2006, Local and National garnered a respectable share of advertising revenues as they showed improvement on the strength of the telecommunications and services categories.

The Broadcast Division’s total advertising sales consistently outperformed that of the industry throughout 2006 and 2005. According to the Television Bureau of Advertising (a not-for-profit trade association of America’s broadcast television industry), time sales across the broadcast industry for 2006 (including Political revenues in either National or Local, as appropriate) increased 8.6% as compared to the Division’s stronger 11.3% increase; industry results for 2005 dropped 5.7% from 2004 in contrast to the Division’s smaller 3.2% decline. This better-than-industry revenue performance was driven by the Division’s robust Political advertising in 2006 and its outstanding Local time sales in 2005. The Division’s National time sales were below the industry average in 2005, largely a reflection of the exceptionally strong 2004 Political advertising garnered by the division’s TV stations, but regained a foothold in 2006 as sales exceeded the industry average. The following chart illustrates the Division’s performance by category over the last two years as compared to the industry:

	2006 vs. 2005		2005 vs. 2004
Time Sales	Industry Growth	Media General Growth	Industry Decline	Media General Growth/(Decline)
Local	4.4%	5.9%	(1.7)%	6.7%
National	15.8%	21.7%	(11.7)%	(18.0)%
Total	8.6%	11.3%	(5.7)%	(3.2)%

Broadcast Division operating expenses increased $13.5 million in 2006 over the previous year, which included approximately $4.3 million of additional expense associated with this year’s 53rd week. The primary factor driving the increase was higher employee compensation and benefit costs which grew approximately 6% due to merit pay raises and increased sales commissions associated with new business including the extra week. Programming costs were up 10% due in large part to the extra week and higher syndication costs. Another dynamic which contributed to the Division’s higher expense level was the near completion of its government-mandated conversion to broadcast high definition television, which translated into increased depreciation on the new equipment and higher electricity costs associated with operating the new transmitters and other digital equipment.

Broadcast operating profits declined $19.3 million in 2005 due to the near absence of Political revenues. A predictable, but nonetheless large, decline in Political revenues necessitated an increase in operating expenses as the Division worked to replace not only Political revenues, but also $5 million in 2004 Olympics-related advertising revenues. Despite the challenges presented in this odd-numbered year, revenue declines were limited to $9.9 million, as higher Local advertising softened much of the blow from lower Political revenues. Aggressive sales development initiatives drove the robust Local time sales due to strength in nearly all categories, particularly furniture and financial. National advertising revenues rose modestly in 2005; results by category were mixed as strong corporate and home improvement advertising more than offset weaker fast food and automotive ad revenues to produce the improved performance.

Broadcast operating expenses rose $9.4 million in 2005 as compared to the prior year. The primary factor driving this increase was higher employee compensation and benefit costs which grew 7.1% due to annual salary increases, sales commission growth associated with new business, increased retirement plan expense, and higher health care costs. Increased sales-related expenses (including higher customer sales incentives and increased consulting fees related to new business development initiatives), as well as costs associated with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, also adversely impacted Broadcast operating expenses.

Interactive Media

The 2006 purchase of the four NBC television stations included their associated websites. In addition to contributing more than $1 million in revenues to the Interactive Media Division (IMD), the newly acquired online operations also produced a small operating profit. For purposes of the remainder of this discussion and for the chart that follows, results from both the acquired NBC websites as well as the discontinued CBS website operations are excluded. The primary components comprising the Interactive Media Division were the website group associated with newspapers and television stations (the online group), the advergaming business which was purchased in the third quarter of 2005 (Blockdot), and the equity income or loss and the write-downs recorded on the Company’s portion of its interactive investments.

The Interactive Media Division’s 2006 results were heavily impacted by a $.7 million write-down (to reflect the estimated fair value) of the Division’s investment in a company that produces interactive entertainment and to which the Company has licensed proprietary game content. Absent this write-down, the Division reduced its operating loss by 21.5%. Results of its online group improved 25% in that same period, while Blockdot’s operating loss rose slightly over the prior year. Divisional revenues grew by 28% in 2006 with the online group supplying the lion’s share of the year-over-year improvement. The 53^rd week in 2006 generated $.3 million in revenues, but also spawned a $.2 million operating loss in that period as the result of higher expenses. As illustrated by the following chart, advertising revenues rose in all categories over the past two years. Classified advertising rose more than 15% in 2006 and remained the foundation for the Division’s revenue improvement as upsell arrangements and other classified products continued to thrive. Under these arrangements, customers pay an additional fee to have their classified advertisement placed online simultaneously with its publication in the newspaper. National and Local advertising have displayed consistent improvement since the Division’s inception and have developed into valuable contributors to the IMD’s revenue performance.

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IMD’s operating expenses were up $5 million in the year, predominantly resulting from higher employee compensation and benefits expense due to additional staffing in key areas, higher sales-related commissions (commensurate with higher revenues) and annual salary increases. Additionally, higher costs were incurred as the Division strives to expand its advergaming business by investing in its infrastructure and by attracting, as well as retaining, high-quality employees.

The Interactive Media Division reduced its operating loss by 36.3% in 2005 from 2004. Revenues increased $6.6 million (47.6%), with two-thirds of the increase coming from Classified advertising. Classified advertising has grown dramatically since the Division’s inception in 2001, with all years up to and including 2005 producing year-over-year improvements of nearly 50% or greater. Local and National advertising also made solid contributions to divisional revenue improvement. Operating expenses were up $4.3 million in 2005, predominantly resulting from higher employee compensation and benefits expense due to sales positions being filled, additional sales-related commissions and annual salary increases.

Beginning with the 2001 formation of the Interactive Media Division, the Company anticipated associated divisional losses for several years as innovative products were developed and acquired, advertiser relationships were cultivated, and the infrastructure to support the Division was formed. The Interactive Media Division remains focused on expanding product offerings, securing and retaining talented personnel, driving revenue growth with innovative products and services, and enhancing content and design across all the Company’s online enterprises. The Division’s performance continues to progress as demonstrated by consistent profitability since 2004 at the Company’s two largest online enterprises, TBO.com and TimesDispatch.com. Several of the Division’s smaller online enterprises also improved upon their profitability this year.

Interest expense

Interest expense increased $19.1 million in 2006 from the prior year due primarily to an increase in average debt outstanding of $235 million as a result of additional borrowings associated with the acquisition of the four NBC stations. An increase in the Company’s average effective rate of 74 basis points to 6.57% was attributable to year-over-year changes in LIBOR (which influences interest rates on the Company’s revolving credit facility) and also contributed to the rise in interest expense.

In the third quarter of 2006, the Company entered into three interest rate swaps (where it pays a fixed rate and receives a floating rate) to manage interest cost and cash flows associated with variable interest rates, primarily short-term changes in LIBOR, not to trade such instruments for profit or loss. These interest rate swaps are cash flow hedges with notional amounts totaling $300 million and maturities of either three or five years. Changes in cash flows of the interest rate swaps offset changes in the interest payments on the Company’s $300 million bank term loan. These swaps effectively convert the Company’s variable rate bank term loan to fixed rate debt with a weighted average interest rate approximating 6.4% at December 31, 2006. Toward the end of the first quarter of 2004, the Company had two swaps with notional amounts totaling $100 million which matured, leaving two remaining swaps with notional amounts of $50 million each, which matured in the first quarter of 2005. These interest rate swaps were cash flow hedges that effectively converted the covered portion of the Company’s variable rate debt to fixed rate debt.

Income taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate on income from continuing operations was approximately 37%, 38% and 37% in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The reduced year-to-date tax rate in 2006 was primarily due to increased fuel credits generated by SP Newsprint as well as the absence of the gain from the 2005 sale of the Company’s 20% interest in Denver which had a relatively higher effective rate. The 2005 increase was primarily driven by the Denver gain. See Note 1 regarding the pending adoption of Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.

LIQUIDITY

In June 2006, the Company amended certain provisions of its $1 billion revolving credit facility to lower borrowing margins and extend its maturity into 2011. In the third quarter of 2006, it also entered into a five-year $300 million variable-rate bank term loan agreement with essentially the same syndicate of banks and that has the same limited covenants as its revolving credit facility (together the “Facilities”). The Company drew down the full bank term loan and redeemed its $200 million senior notes which matured on September 1, 2006; the remainder was used to pay down revolver debt. As shown in the following table, at the end of 2006 there were borrowings of $505 million outstanding under the revolving credit facility and $300 million outstanding under the term loan. The Company also had $95 million in debt as a result of consolidating certain variable interest entities (VIEs) in which it has controlling financial interest by virtue of certain real property leases. The Company anticipates purchasing the facilities by using existing capacity under its revolving credit facility when the debt associated with the VIEs matures in the first quarter of 2007. The Facilities have both interest coverage and leverage ratio covenants. These covenants, which involve debt levels, interest expense, and EBITDA (a measure of cash earnings as defined in the revolving credit agreement), can affect the Company’s maximum borrowing capacity under the Facilities. The Company was in compliance with all covenants throughout the year and expects to remain in compliance going forward.

The Company expects net cash flows from operations over the next year to provide it with sufficient resources to manage working capital needs, pay dividends, and finance capital expenditures; it will look to the unused portion of its credit facilities, if necessary, to fund new growth opportunities. Major capital expenditures in 2007 will include new television studios at the Company’s Myrtle Beach and Augusta stations, as well as press and production projects at the Company’s Publishing operations in Lynchburg and Winston-Salem.

The Company typically generates strong net cash from operations. In 2006, the Company used cash generated from operating activities and from financing activities, along with proceeds of $135 million generated from the sale of certain CBS stations, to purchase

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four NBC-affiliated television stations and a small weekly newspaper for a combined $611 million and to make capital expenditures of $94 million. Additionally, the Company made a $15 million contribution to its retirement plan and paid dividends to stockholders of $21 million. The Company’s philosophy is to use excess cash flow to repay debt, which has the effect of strengthening the balance sheet. With the absence of major acquisitions from 2001 to 2004, the Company executed this philosophy and aggressively reduced debt in those years. A stronger balance sheet enhances the Company’s ability to qualify for favorable terms under its existing revolving credit facility, negotiate beneficial terms for new borrowing facilities, and produces the financial flexibility to take advantage of attractive strategic opportunities.

The Company does not have material off-balance sheet arrangements. The table that follows shows long-term debt and other specified obligations of the Company:

	Payments Due By Periods
(In millions)	Total		2007		2008 2009		2010 2011		2012 and beyond
Contractual obligations
Long-term debt:
Revolving credit facility	$	505.0	$	—	$	—	$	505.0	$	—
Term loan facility		300.0		—		—		300.0		—
Borrowings of VIEs		95.3		95.3		—		—		—
Other		16.0		16.0		—		—		—
Operating leases1		35.1		7.0		10.1		7.3		10.7
Broadcast film rights2		80.2		16.9		37.8		23.5		2.0
Estimated benefit payments from Company assets3		71.5		5.5		11.9		13.8		40.3
Purchase obligations4		211.7		147.4		36.1		17.4		10.8
Total specified obligations	$	1,314.8	$	288.1	$	95.9	$	867.0	$	63.8

¹ Minimum rental commitments under noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year.

² Broadcast film rights include both recorded short-term and long-term liabilities for programs which have been produced and unrecorded commitments to purchase film rights which are not yet available for broadcast.

³ Actuarially estimated benefit payments under pension and other benefit plans expected to be funded directly from Company assets through 2016.

⁴ Includes: 1) all current liabilities not otherwise reported in the table that will require cash settlement, 2) significant purchase commitments for fixed assets, and 3) significant non-ordinary course contract-based obligations.

OUTLOOK FOR 2007

In an odd-numbered year such as 2007, the Company will be challenged to replace certain significant sources of revenue, most notably in the Broadcast Division. The Company faces the daunting task of replacing more than $50 million in Political revenues. The Broadcast Division has developed plans to drive new revenue growth and create operating efficiencies through new business initiatives, optimization of its digital capacity and cost savings garnered from the centralization of certain production functions; however, a shortfall from the prior year is still anticipated. Newsprint prices are expected to decline in 2007 and raw material costs have risen sharply in recent months, all of which has the potential to significantly impact the Company’s share of SP Newsprint’s results. Interest expense will rise due to the higher level of borrowings associated with the NBC acquisition. The Publishing Division is optimistic that a rebound in advertising in the second half of the year coupled with lower newsprint prices will enable it to surpass 2006 operating profits. The Company looks forward to the continued integration of the new NBC stations into the Division’s existing framework, as well as to a better profit contribution mix between the Broadcast and Publishing operations. The Company plans to strengthen its client base and increase long-term shareholder value through strategic initiatives, while looking to expand its reach across the Southeast in a complementary and disciplined fashion.

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Certain statements in this annual report that are not historical facts are “forward-looking” statements, as that term is defined by the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements related to pending transactions and contractual obligations, critical accounting estimates and assumptions, the impact of new accounting standards and the Internet, and expectations regarding acquisitions and dispositions, newsprint prices, pension and post-retirement plans, advertising levels and the effects of changes to FCC regulations. Forward-looking statements, including those which use words such as the Company “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “plans,” “hopes” and similar words, are made as of the date of this filing and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements.

        These forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections including, without limitation: changes in advertising demand, changes to pending accounting standards, changes in circulation levels, changes in relationships with broadcast networks, the availability and pricing of newsprint, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in energy costs, the performance of pension plan assets, health care cost trends, regulatory rulings including those related to ERISA and tax law, natural disasters, and the effects of new credit facilities, acquisitions, investments and dispositions on the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition.

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Report of Management on Media General, Inc.’s

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management of Media General, Inc., (the Company) has assessed the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, management believes that as of December 31, 2006, the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting was properly designed and operating effectively based upon the specified criteria.

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is comprised of policies, procedures and reports designed to provide reasonable assurance, to the Company’s management and board of directors, that the financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes has been handled in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) govern records to accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable safeguards against or timely detection of material unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets.

Internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Additionally, projections as to the effectiveness of controls to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may not continue to operate at their current effectiveness levels due to changes in personnel or in the Company’s operating environment.

Ernst & Young LLP, the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm that audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements, has issued an attestation report on management’s assessment of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting which is included elsewhere in this annual report.

January 30, 2007

/s/ Marshall N. Morton	/s/ John A. Schauss	/s/ O. Reid Ashe Jr.
Marshall N. Morton	John A. Schauss	O. Reid Ashe Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer	Vice President-Finance	Executive Vice President
	and Chief Financial Officer	and Chief Operating Officer

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Media General, Inc.

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Report of Management on Media General, Inc.’s Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that Media General, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Media General, Inc.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, management’s assessment that Media General, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Media General, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Media General, Inc., as of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2006, and our report dated January 30, 2007, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Richmond, Virginia
January 30, 2007

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Media General, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Media General, Inc., as of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Media General, Inc., at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2006 the Company changed its method of accounting for stock-based compensation to comply with the accounting provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.

As discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2006 the Company changed its method of accounting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to comply with the accounting provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 158, Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans.

As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2005 the Company changed its method of accounting for certain indefinite-lived intangible assets to comply with the accounting provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force Topic D-108, Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets Other Than Goodwill.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Media General, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated January 30, 2007, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Richmond, Virginia
January 30, 2007

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Media General, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

	Fiscal Years Ended
	December 31, 2006 (53 weeks)			December 25, 2005			December 26, 2004
Revenues	$	983,189		$	876,377		$	859,516
Operating costs:
Production		420,368			372,453			356,467
Selling, general and administrative		350,246			318,341			298,053
Depreciation and amortization		71,096			61,971			60,408
Total operating costs		841,710			752,765			714,928
Operating income		141,479			123,612			144,588
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		(48,505	)		(29,408	)		(31,082	)
Investment income - unconsolidated affiliates		10,598			1,119			1,551
Gain on sale of investment in The Denver Post Corporation		—			33,270			—
Other, net		323			2,454			7,477
Total other income (expense)		(37,584	)		7,435			(22,054	)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		103,895			131,047			122,534
Income taxes		38,493			49,934			45,338
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		65,402			81,113			77,196
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations (net of income taxes of $1,669 in 2006, $799 in 2005 and $1,755 in 2004)		2,611			1,298			2,989
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations (net of income taxes of $ 6,748)		11,029			—			—
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (net of income tax benefit of $190,730)		—			(325,453	)		—
Net income (loss)	$	79,042		$	(243,042	)	$	80,185
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	2.77		$	3.45		$	3.30
Income from discontinued operations		0.58			0.05			0.13
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(13.83	)		—
Net income (loss)	$	3.35		$	(10.33	)	$	3.43
Earnings (loss) per common share - assuming dilution:
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	2.75		$	3.40		$	3.25
Income from discontinued operations		0.57			0.05			0.13
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(13.63	)		—
Net income (loss)	$	3.32		$	(10.18	)	$	3.38

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements begin on page 36.

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Media General, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except shares and per share amounts)

	December 31, 2006			December 25, 2005
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	11,930		$	14,977
Accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful accounts 2006 - $6,568; 2005 - $ 5,891)		139,538			117,638
Inventories		9,650			7,808
Other		41,630			33,649
Assets of discontinued operations		—			115,100
Total current assets		202,748			289,172
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		84,854			83,227
Other assets		71,117			57,377
Property, plant and equipment, at cost:
Land		37,580			29,571
Buildings		294,659			266,012
Machinery and equipment		571,034			501,017
Construction in progress		27,247			37,766
Accumulated depreciation		(440,471	)		(414,255	)
Net property, plant and equipment		490,049			420,111
Excess of cost over fair value of net identifiable assets of acquired businesses		935,023			645,437
FCC licenses and other intangibles		721,437			480,030
Total assets	$	2,505,228		$	1,975,354

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements begin on page 36.

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	December 31, 2006			December 25, 2005
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	34,292		$	26,414
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		92,712			81,719
Income taxes payable		4,516			—
Liabilities of discontinued operations		—			3,919
Total current liabilities		131,520			112,052
Long-term debt		821,000			389,984
Borrowings of consolidated variable interest entities		95,320			95,320
Deferred income taxes		281,670			308,129
Other liabilities and deferred credits		238,358			154,043
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock ($5 cumulative convertible), par value $5 per share: authorized 5,000,000 shares; none outstanding
Common stock, par value $5 per share:
Class A, authorized 75,000,000 shares; issued 23,556,472 and 23,490,696 shares		117,782			117,453
Class B, authorized 600,000 shares; issued 555,992 shares		2,780			2,780
Additional paid-in capital		55,173			44,856
Accumulated other comprehensive loss:
Unrealized loss on equity securities		(706	)		(843	)
Unrealized loss on derivative contracts		(5,129	)		(3,551	)
Pension and postretirement		(105,413	)		(60,224	)
Retained earnings		872,873			815,355
Total stockholders’ equity		937,360			915,826
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,505,228		$	1,975,354

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements begin on page 36.

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Media General, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(In thousands, except shares and per share amounts)

	Class A Shares	Common Stock				Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Retained Earnings			Total
		Class A		Class B
Balance at December 28, 2003	22,989,506	$	114,947	$	2,780	$	22,925	$	(50,984	)	$	1,017,793		$	1,107,461
Net income			—		—		—		—			80,185			80,185
Unrealized loss on equity securities (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 742)			—		—		—		(1,276	)		—			(1,276	)
Unrealized gain on derivative contracts (net of deferred taxes of $ 2,147)			—		—		—		3,786			—			3,786
Minimum pension liability (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 1,248)			—		—		—		(2,178	)		—			(2,178	)
Comprehensive income															80,517
Cash dividends to shareholders ($0.80 per share)			—		—		—		—			(18,955	)		(18,955	)
Exercise of stock options	228,868		1,144		—		8,711		—			—			9,855
Performance accelerated restricted stock			—		—		2,262		—			—			2,262
Income tax benefits relating to restricted shares and exercised options			—		—		2,036		—			—			2,036
Other	11,735		59		—		725		—			(191	)		593
Balance at December 26, 2004	23,230,109		116,150		2,780		36,659		(50,652	)		1,078,832			1,183,769
Net loss			—		—		—		—			(243,042	)		(243,042	)
Unrealized loss on equity securities (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 1,747)			—		—		—		(3,065	)		—			(3,065	)
Unrealized gain on derivative contracts (net of deferred taxes of $ 1,390)			—		—		—		2,421			—			2,421
Minimum pension liability (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 7,837)			—		—		—		(13,322	)		—			(13,322	)
Comprehensive income (loss)															(257,008	)
Cash dividends to shareholders ($0.84 per share)			—		—		—		—			(20,163	)		(20,163	)
Exercise of stock options	111,564		558		—		4,726		—			—			5,284
Performance accelerated restricted stock	146,520		733		—		2,523		—			—			3,256
Income tax benefits relating to restricted shares and exercised options			—		—		811		—			—			811
Other	2,503		12		—		137		—			(272	)		(123	)
Balance at December 25, 2005	23,490,696		117,453		2,780		44,856		(64,618	)		815,355			915,826
Net income			—		—		—		—			79,042			79,042
Unrealized loss on equity securities (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 176)			—		—		—		(309	)		—			(309	)
Reclassification of loss included in net income (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 254)			—		—		—		446			—			446
Unrealized loss on derivative contracts (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 899)			—		—		—		(1,578	)		—			(1,578	)
Minimum pension liability (net of deferred taxes of $ 5,359)			—		—		—		10,048			—			10,048
Comprehensive income															87,649
Pension and postretirement adoption (SFAS #158) (net of deferred tax benefit of $ 31,477)			—		—		—		(55,237	)		—			(55,237	)
Cash dividends to shareholders ($0.88 per share)			—		—		—		—			(21,180	)		(21,180	)
Exercise of stock options	55,700		279		—		1,324		—			—			1,603
Stock option expense			—		—		5,617		—			—			5,617
Performance accelerated restricted stock			—		—		2,627		—			—			2,627
Income tax benefits relating to restricted shares and exercised options			—		—		306		—			—			306
Other	10,076		50		—		443		—			(344	)		149
Balance at December 31, 2006	23,556,472	$	117,782	$	2,780	$	55,173	$	(111,248	)	$	872,873		$	937,360

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements begin on page 36.

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Media General, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

	Fiscal Years Ended
	December 31, 2006			December 25, 2005			December 26, 2004
	(53 weeks)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	79,042		$	(243,042	)	$	80,185
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss):
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			325,453			—
Depreciation		47,791			43,296			43,543
Amortization		24,842			24,673			22,493
Deferred income taxes		11,176			7,241			28,376
Provision for doubtful accounts		5,660			5,866			4,365
Investment income - unconsolidated affiliates		(10,598	)		(1,119	)		(1,551	)
Net gain on sale of certain CBS stations		(11,029	)		—			—
Net gain on sale of Denver investment		—			(19,391	)		—
Write-down of investment		700			—			—
Gain on settlement		—			—			(6,109	)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Retirement plan contributions		(15,000	)		(15,000	)		(35,014	)
Retirement plan accrual		16,543			14,233			8,486
Income taxes payable		711			(23,431	)		(1,000	)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		(1,699	)		(5,412	)		4,437
Other, net		9,920			(11,579	)		(9,823	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		158,059			101,788			138,388
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(93,896	)		(74,424	)		(37,835	)
Purchases of businesses		(611,385	)		(6,676	)		—
Proceeds from sales of discontinued operations and investment		135,111			45,850			—
Distribution from unconsolidated affiliate		2,000			—			—
Other, net		(2,853	)		4,573			(764	)
Net cash used by investing activities		(571,023	)		(30,677	)		(38,599	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Increase in debt		1,459,000			344,000			313,500
Repayment of debt		(1,027,984	)		(391,976	)		(407,509	)
Debt issuance costs		(1,780	)		(3,793	)		—
Cash dividends paid		(21,180	)		(20,163	)		(18,955	)
Proceeds from stock options exercised		1,603			5,284			9,855
Other, net		258			691			2,568
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities		409,917			(65,957	)		(100,541	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(3,047	)		5,154			(752	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		14,977			9,823			10,575
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	11,930		$	14,977		$	9,823

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements begin on page 36.

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Media General, Inc.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Fiscal year

The Company’s fiscal year ends on the last Sunday in December. Results for 2006 are for the 53-week period ended December 31, 2006, while results for 2005 and 2004 are for the 52-week periods ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, respectively.

Principles of consolidation

The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of Media General, Inc., subsidiaries more than 50% owned, and certain variable interest entities for which Media General, Inc., is the primary beneficiary (collectively the Company). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The equity method of accounting is used for investments in companies in which the Company has significant influence; generally, this represents investments comprising approximately 20 to 50 percent of the voting stock of companies and certain partnership interests. Other investments are generally accounted for using the cost method.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company reevaluates its estimates on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Presentation

Certain prior-year financial information has been reclassified to conform with the current year’s presentation.

Revenue recognition

The Company’s principal sources of revenue are the sale of advertising in newspapers, the sale of newspapers to individual subscribers and distributors, and the sale of airtime on television stations. In addition, the Company sells advertising on its newspaper and television websites and portals, and derives revenues from other online activities. Advertising revenue is recognized when advertisements are published, aired or displayed, or when related advertising services are rendered. Newspaper advertising contracts, which generally have a term of one year or less, may provide rebates or discounts based upon the volume of advertising purchased during the terms of the contracts. Estimated rebates and discounts are recorded as a reduction of revenue in the period the advertisement is displayed. This requires the Company to make certain estimates regarding future advertising volumes. Estimates are based on various factors including historical experience and advertising sales trends. These estimates are revised as necessary based on actual volume realized. Subscription revenue is recognized on a pro-rata basis over the term of the subscription. Amounts received from customers in advance are deferred until earned.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash in excess of current operating needs is invested in various short-term instruments carried at cost that approximates fair value. Those short-term investments having an original maturity of three months or less are classified in the balance sheet as cash equivalents.

Derivatives

Derivatives are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet at fair value. If a derivative is a hedge, a change in its fair value is either offset against the change in the fair value of the hedged item through earnings, or recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) until the hedged item is recognized in earnings. Any difference between the fair value of the hedge and the item being hedged, known as the ineffective portion, is immediately recognized in earnings in the line item “Other, net” during the period of change. For derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the change in value of the derivative instrument is reported as a component of the Company’s OCI and is reclassified into earnings (interest expense for interest rate swaps and newsprint expense for newsprint swaps) in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. For derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss is recognized in the Company’s current earnings during the period of change. Derivative instruments are carried at fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in the applicable line item “Other assets” or “Other liabilities and deferred credits”.

Accounts receivable and concentrations of credit risk

        Media General is a diversified communications company which sells products and services to a wide variety of customers located principally in the southeastern United States. The Company’s trade receivables result from its publishing, broadcast and interactive media operations. The Company routinely assesses the financial strength of significant customers, and this assessment, combined with the large number and geographic diversity of its customer base, limits its concentration of risk with respect to trade receivables. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based on both the aging of accounts at period end and specific allocations for certain customers.

Inventories

Inventories consist principally of raw materials (primarily newsprint) and broadcast equipment, and are valued at the lower of cost or market using the specific identification method.

Self-Insurance

The Company self-insures for certain employee medical and disability income benefits, workers’ compensation costs, as well as automobile and general liability claims. The Company’s responsibility for workers’ compensation and auto and general liability claims is capped at a certain dollar level (generally $250 thousand to $500 thousand, depending on claim type). Insurance liabilities are calculated on an undiscounted basis based on actual claim data and estimates of incurred but not reported claims. Estimates for projected settlements and incurred but not reported claims are based on development factors, including historical trends and data, provided by a third party.

Broadcast film rights

Broadcast film rights consist principally of rights to broadcast syndicated programs, sports and feature films and are stated at the lower of cost or estimated net realizable value. Program rights and the corresponding contractual obligations are recorded as other assets (based upon the expected use in succeeding years) and as other liabilities (in accordance with the payment terms of the contract) in the Consolidated Balance Sheets when programs become available for use. Generally, program rights of one year or less are amortized using the straight-line method; program rights of longer duration are amortized using an accelerated method based on expected useful life of the program.

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Property and depreciation

Plant and equipment are depreciated, primarily on a straight-line basis, over their estimated useful lives which are generally 40 years for buildings and range from 3 to 30 years for machinery and equipment. Depreciation deductions are computed by accelerated methods for income tax purposes. Major renovations and improvements and interest cost incurred during the construction period of major additions are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance, repairs and minor renovations are charged to expense as incurred.

Intangible and other long-lived assets

Intangibles consist of goodwill (which is the excess of purchase price over the net assets of businesses acquired), FCC licenses, subscriber lists, network affiliations, other broadcast intangibles, intellectual property, and trademarks. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but finite-lived intangibles are amortized by the straight-line method over periods ranging from 1 to 25 years. Internal use software is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life, not to exceed 5 years.

When indicators of impairment are present, management evaluates the recoverability of long-lived tangible and finite-lived intangible assets by reviewing current and projected profitability using undiscounted cash flows of such assets. Annually, or more frequently if impairment indicators are present, management evaluates the recoverability of indefinite-lived intangibles by reporting unit using estimated discounted cash flows to determine their fair value.

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns.

Comprehensive income

The Company’s comprehensive income consists of net income, pension and postretirement related adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in equity securities (including reclassification adjustments), and changes in the value of derivative contracts as well as the Company’s share of Other Comprehensive Income from its investments accounted for under the equity method.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109. This interpretation requires that income tax positions recognized in an entity’s tax returns have a more-likely-than-not chance of being sustained prior to recording the related tax benefit in the financial statements. Tax benefits would be derecognized if information became available which indicated that it was more-likely-than-not that the position would not be sustained. The Company will adopt this interpretation in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. The Company has substantially completed its analysis of the interpretation and does not expect it to have a material impact on its financial position.

In September 2006, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157), which establishes a common definition for fair value under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and creates a framework for measuring fair value. The FASB believes that the new standard will make the measurement of fair value more consistent and comparable and improve disclosures about those measures. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the requirements and future impact of FAS 157 on its financial statements.

Note 2: Acquisitions, Dispositions and Discontinued Operations

The Company completed the acquisition of four NBC owned and operated television stations in the third quarter of 2006 for $609 million, including transaction costs. This transaction was accounted for as a purchase and has been included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since its date of acquisition. The stations acquired were: WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina, WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama, and WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. The Company financed the acquisition of these NBC stations initially using existing capacity under its $1 billion bank facility; it subsequently issued new bank term debt (see Note 5) and completed the sale of several CBS television stations including WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, as it had agreed to do when it was granted FCC approval for the acquisition. Net proceeds from these activities were used to reduce borrowings under the Company’s $1 billion bank facility. The acquisition added the key Raleigh-Durham market to the Company’s southeastern footprint. It also added larger stations in growing markets to the Company’s portfolio which is expected to enhance margins in the Broadcast Division and better balance the contribution to overall revenues and profits from the Company’s Broadcast and Publishing operations. Purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on appraisals of estimated fair values as follows:

(In thousands)
Working capital	$	16,857
Fixed assets		39,000
FCC licenses		212,827
Network affiliation agreements		44,000
Advertiser backlog		490
Trade / domain names		1,760
Deferred taxes		14,067
Excess of cost over fair value		287,585
Postretirement and other liabilities		(7,322	)
Total purchase price	$	609,264

The network affiliation and advertiser intangible assets are amortizable with lives of 15.5 years and 1 year, respectively. The excess of cost over fair value (all of which is expected to be deductible for tax purposes), FCC licenses, and trade / domain names have indefinite lives and are not subject to amortization.

The following summary presents the Company’s unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005, as if the acquisition of the four television stations from NBC had been completed as of the beginning of each period presented. The pro formas do not purport to be indicative of what would have occurred had the acquisition actually been made as of such date, nor are they indicative of results which may occur in the future.

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	Years Ended
(In thousands, except per share amounts )	December 31, 2006		December 25, 2005
Revenues	$	1,034,183	$	978,837
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	61,203	$	71,687
Income from discontinued operations		2,611		1,298
Gain on sale of discontinued operations		11,029		—
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—		(325,453	)
Net income (loss)	$	74,843	$	(252,468	)
Earnings (loss) per common share - assuming dilution:
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change of accounting principle	$	2.57	$	3.00
Discontinued operations, including 2006 gain on sale of $0.46 per share		0.57		0.05
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—		(13.63	)
Net income (loss)	$	3.14	$	(10.58	)

In the second half of 2006, the Company sold KWCH in Wichita, Kansas (including that station’s three satellites), WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama, WDEF in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and KIMT in Mason City, Iowa, to three different buyers. Gross proceeds from the divestures were $135 million, including working capital. The Company facilitated these transactions as a tax-deferred, like-kind exchange in conjunction with the acquisition of the four NBC stations; net after-tax proceeds of $126 million were used for debt repayment. The results of these stations as well as their associated web sites have been presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet for 2005 and in the Statements of Operations for all periods. Depreciation and amortization of assets sold ceased during the second quarter of 2006. The net after-tax gain of $11 million that resulted from these three transactions is shown on the face of the Consolidated Statements of Operations on the line “Net gain on sale of discontinued operations (net of income taxes).” Certain of the sale transactions remain subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The following results have been presented as income from discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004:

(In thousands )	2006		2005		2004
Revenues	$	32,078	$	41,559	$	40,904
Costs and expenses		27,798		39,462		36,160
Income before income taxes		4,280		2,097		4,744
Income taxes		1,669		799		1,755
Income from discontinued operations	$	2,611	$	1,298	$	2,989

Note 3: Intangible Assets

The Company adopted EITF Topic D-108 at the beginning of fiscal 2005. D-108 requires the use of a direct method for valuing all intangible assets other than goodwill. The Company had used the residual value method, a commonly used method at the time, to value the FCC licenses purchased in conjunction with acquisitions made in 1997 and 2000. It had also recorded goodwill, primarily related to deferred taxes, as part of these transactions. In connection with the adoption of D-108, the Company eliminated the distinction between goodwill and FCC license intangible assets that were recorded as part of these prior acquisitions by reclassifying $190.3 million from goodwill to FCC licenses. Concurrent with the adoption, the Company increased the carrying amount of FCC license intangible assets by an additional $111.5 million with a corresponding increase to deferred tax liabilities. There was no impact on impairment results previously reported. Further, the Company valued its FCC licenses using a direct method discounted cash flow model and assumptions that included the concept that cash flows associated with FCC licenses are limited to those cash flows that could be expected by an average market participant. In contrast, the residual value method formerly used by the Company included other elements of cash flows which contributed to station value. The results of this direct method were then compared to the carrying value of FCC licenses (including the reclassified amounts) on a station-by-station basis and a $325.5 million write-down, net of income tax benefit, was recorded as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle in 2005.

In December 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that network affiliation intangibles should not have indefinite lives. At that time, in accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company performed an impairment test of its network affiliations (no impairment was indicated), assigned a 40-year life based on its good relationships with its networks and its long history of renewing these agreements, and initiated amortization. Effective at the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company reevaluated the remaining useful life of these assets and determined that the life should be 25 years because this was deemed to be the length of time before a material modification of the underlying contract would occur.

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The Consolidated Statements of Operations include recorded amortization expense from continuing operations for finite-lived intangibles of $18.2 million, $16.3 million and $14.5 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Currently, intangibles amortization expense is projected to be approximately $19 million in 2007, decreasing to approximately $17 million in 2008 and to $13 million in each of the years of 2009 thru 2011. The following table shows the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for intangible assets as of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005:

	As of December 31, 2006				As of December 25, 2005
(In thousands)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization
Amortizing intangible assets (including network affiliation, advertiser, programming and subscriber relationships):
Broadcast	$	268,696	$	70,555	$	224,207	$	56,334
Publishing		35,141		29,637		34,711		26,552
Interactive Media		2,570		1,316		2,570		468
Total	$	306,407	$	101,508	$	261,488	$	83,354
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Goodwill:
Broadcast	$	292,460			$	4,875
Publishing		640,661				638,660
Interactive Media		1,902				1,902
Total goodwill		935,023				645,437
FCC licenses		514,551				301,724
Other		1,987				172
Total	$	1,451,561			$	947,333

Note 4: Investments

The Company’s equity method investments include a one-third partnership interest in SP Newsprint Company (SPNC), a domestic newsprint manufacturer, and an approximate 18% interest in a limited partnership investment company, which the Company recognizes on a three-month lag. In June 2005, the Company sold its 20% interest in The Denver Post Company (Denver), parent company of The Denver Post, when MediaNews Group, Inc., exercised its option to purchase the Company’s interest. The $45.9 million selling price was determined based on independent appraisals of Denver’s fair value. The Company recorded an after-tax gain of $19.4 million (net of taxes of $13.9 million) on the sale in 2005.

The Company is committed to purchase 40 thousand tons of newsprint annually from SPNC. In 2006, the Company purchased approximately 57 thousand tons of newsprint from SPNC at market prices, which totaled $34 million and approximated 46% of the Company’s newsprint needs; in 2005 and 2004, the Company purchased approximately 57 thousand and 58 thousand tons, respectively, of newsprint from SPNC which approximated 42% of the Company’s newsprint needs in each of those years and totaled approximately $30 million and $27 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Summarized financial information for the Company’s investment in SPNC, accounted for by the equity method, is presented in the following chart.

SP Newsprint Company:

(In thousands)			2006		2005
Current assets			$	112,871	$	116,609
Noncurrent assets				393,762		427,057
Current liabilities				60,087		69,357
Noncurrent liabilities				198,651		230,404
(In thousands)	2006		2005		2004
Net sales	$	638,377	$	584,161	$	523,973
Gross profit		84,509		50,775		44,986
Net income		31,562		3,114		3,010
Company’s equity in net income		10,521		1,038		1,003

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Retained earnings of the Company at December 31, 2006, included $29.9 million related to undistributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates.

The Company has an investment in a company that produces interactive entertainment including games which is carried at fair value and to whom the Company has licensed proprietary game content. During the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company recognized a $700 thousand write-down of its investment to reflect its approximate fair value.

Note 5: Long-Term Debt and Other Financial Instruments

Long-term debt at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, was as follows:

(In thousands)	2006		2005
Revolving credit facility	$	505,000	$	180,000
Bank term loan facility		300,000		—
6.95% senior notes, net of discount		—		199,984
Borrowings of consolidated variable interest entities		95,320		95,320
Bank lines		16,000		10,000
Long-term debt	$	916,320	$	485,304

In June 2006, the Company amended certain provisions of its $1 billion revolving credit facility to lower borrowing margins and extend its maturity into 2011. Interest rates under the facility are based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus a margin ranging from 0.3% to 0.7% (0.7% at December 31, 2006), determined by the Company’s leverage ratio, as defined. Under this facility, the Company pays fees (0.175% at December 31, 2006) on the entire commitment of the facility at a rate also based on its leverage ratio. The Company’s debt covenants require the maintenance of an interest coverage ratio in addition to the leverage ratio, as defined. In the third quarter of 2006, the Company entered into a five-year $300 million variable bank term loan agreement with essentially the same syndicate of banks that provide the aforementioned revolving credit facility; the Company drew down the full bank term loan and redeemed its $200 million senior notes which matured on September 1, 2006. The remainder was used to pay down revolver debt. As of December 31, 2006, the Company was in compliance with all covenants; projections indicate that the covenants will continue to be met.

At December 31, 2006, the Company had borrowings of $16 million from bank lines due within one year with an interest rate of 5.9%. Additionally, the Company had $95 million in debt as a result of consolidating certain variable interest entities (VIEs) due in March 2007 and has recorded interest on this debt based on current commercial paper rates (5.9% at December 31, 2006). See Note 11 for a further discussion of VIEs. At December 31, 2006, the borrowings from bank lines as well as the VIE debt were classified as long-term debt in accordance with the Company’s intention and ability to refinance these obligations on a long-term basis under existing facilities.

Long-term debt maturities during the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, aggregating $916.3 million, were $111.3 million in 2007 and $805 million in 2011.

In the third quarter of 2006, the Company entered into several interest rate swaps as part of an overall strategy to manage interest cost and risk associated with variable interest rates, primarily short-term changes in LIBOR. These interest rate swaps are cash flow hedges with notional amounts totaling $300 million; swaps with notional amounts of $100 million will mature in three years and $200 million will mature in five years. Changes in cash flows of the interest rate swaps offset changes in the interest payments on the Company’s $300 million bank term loan. These swaps effectively convert the Company’s variable rate bank term loan to fixed rate debt with a weighted average interest rate approximating 6.4% at December 31, 2006. Toward the end of the first quarter of 2004, the Company had two swaps with notional amounts totaling $100 million which matured, leaving two remaining swaps with notional amounts of $50 million each, which matured in the first quarter of 2005. These interest rate swaps were cash flow hedges that effectively converted the covered portion of the Company’s variable rate debt to fixed rate debt.

The table that follows includes information about the carrying values and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments at December 31, 2006 and December 25, 2005:

	2006				2005
(In thousands)	Carrying Amounts		Fair Value		Carrying Amounts		Fair Value
Assets:
Investments	$	4,426	$	4,426	$	4,911	$	4,911
Liabilities:
Long-term debt:
Revolving credit facility		505,000		505,000		180,000		180,000
Bank term loan facility		300,000		300,000		—		—
6.95% senior notes		—		—		199,984		201,729
Borrowings of consolidated variable interest entities		95,320		95,320		95,320		95,320
Bank lines		16,000		16,000		10,000		10,000
Interest rate swap agreements		5,822		5,822		—		—

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The Company’s investments which have a readily determinable value and are classified as available-for-sale are carried at fair value, with unrealized gains or losses, net of deferred taxes, reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. The interest rate swaps are carried at fair value based on a discounted cash flow analysis of the estimated amounts the Company would have received or paid to terminate the swaps. Fair values of the Company’s senior notes were estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rates for similar types of borrowings. The borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit and bank term loan facilities, bank lines, and VIEs approximated their fair value.

Note 6: Business Segments

The Company, located primarily in the southeastern United States, is a diversified communications company which has three operating segments: Publishing, Broadcast and Interactive Media. The Publishing Segment, the Company’s largest based on revenue and segment profit, includes 25 daily newspapers and more than 150 weekly newspapers and other publications. The Broadcast Segment consists of 23 network-affiliated broadcast television stations and a provider of equipment and studio design services. The Interactive Media Segment consists of all of the Company’s online enterprises and an online advergaming and game development firm.

Management measures segment performance based on operating cash flow (operating income plus depreciation and amortization) as well as profit or loss from operations before interest, income taxes, and acquisition related amortization. Amortization of intangibles is not allocated to individual segments although the intangible assets themselves are included in identifiable assets for each segment. Intercompany sales are accounted for as if the sales were at current market prices and are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s reportable segments, which are managed separately and contain operations that have been aggregated based on similar economic characteristics, are strategic business enterprises that provide distinct products and services using diverse technology and production processes.

(In thousands)	Publishing			Broadcast			Interactive Media			Eliminations			Total
2006
Consolidated revenues	$	601,144		$	361,472		$	27,179		$	(6,606	)	$	983,189
Segment operating cash flow	$	144,048		$	121,869		$	(1,710	)				$	264,207
Allocated amounts:
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate								77						77
Write-down of investment								(700	)					(700	)
Depreciation and amortization		(24,876	)		(21,482	)		(1,483	)					(47,841	)
Segment profit (loss)	$	119,172		$	100,387		$	(3,816	)					215,743
Unallocated amounts:
Interest expense														(48,505	)
Investment income – SP Newsprint														10,521
Acquisition intangibles amortization														(18,155	)
Corporate expense														(39,997	)
Other														(15,712	)
Consolidated income from continuing operations before income taxes													$	103,895
Segment assets	$	966,008		$	1,288,121		$	16,464					$	2,270,593
Corporate														234,635
Consolidated assets													$	2,505,228
Segment capital expenditures	$	48,632		$	37,421		$	1,823					$	87,876
Corporate														3,698
Discontinued operations														2,322
Consolidated capital expenditures													$	93,896

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(In thousands)	Publishing			Broadcast			Interactive Media			Eliminations			Total
2005
Consolidated revenues	$	587,849		$	272,875		$	20,415		$	(4,762	)	$	876,377
Segment operating cash flow	$	151,268		$	82,088		$	(2,439	)				$	230,917
Allocated amounts:
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates		221						(140	)					81
Gain on sale of Denver		33,270												33,270
Depreciation and amortization		(22,709	)		(16,337	)		(1,429	)					(40,475	)
Segment profit (loss)	$	162,050		$	65,751		$	(4,008	)					223,793
Unallocated amounts:
Interest expense														(29,408	)
Investment income – SP Newsprint														1,038
Acquisition intangibles amortization														(16,329	)
Corporate expense														(37,785	)
Other														(10,262	)
Consolidated income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle													$	131,047
Segment assets	$	944,482		$	668,168		$	15,766					$	1,628,416
Corporate														231,838
Discontinued operations														115,100
Consolidated assets													$	1,975,354
Segment capital expenditures	$	36,548		$	24,094		$	1,438					$	62,080
Corporate														5,393
Discontinued operations														6,951
Consolidated capital expenditures													$	74,424
2004
Consolidated revenues	$	566,487		$	282,823		$	13,828		$	(3,622	)	$	859,516
Segment operating cash flow	$	152,727		$	100,959		$	(4,656	)				$	249,030
Allocated amounts:
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates		743						(195	)					548
Depreciation and amortization		(23,370	)		(15,865	)		(1,437	)					(40,672	)
Segment profit (loss)	$	130,100		$	85,094		$	(6,288	)					208,906
Unallocated amounts:
Interest expense														(31,082	)
Investment income – SP Newsprint														1,003
Acquisition intangibles amortization														(14,460	)
Corporate expense														(38,732	)
Other														(3,101	)
Consolidated income from continuing operations before income taxes													$	122,534
Segment assets	$	936,121		$	1,086,443		$	16,283					$	2,038,847
Corporate														227,936
Discontinued operations														213,552
Consolidated assets													$	2,480,335
Segment capital expenditures	$	17,695		$	14,128		$	683					$	32,506
Corporate														2,424
Discontinued operations														2,905
Consolidated capital expenditures													$	37,835

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Note 7: Taxes on Income

Significant components of income taxes from continuing operations are as follows:

(In thousands)	2006		2005		2004
Current:
Federal	$	24,910	$	39,207	$	15,001
State		2,407		3,486		1,961
Total		27,317		42,693		16,962
Deferred:
Federal		8,298		5,383		25,199
State		2,878		1,858		3,177
Total		11,176		7,241		28,376
Income taxes	$	38,493	$	49,934	$	45,338

Temporary differences, which gave rise to significant components of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities and assets at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, are as follows:

(In thousands)	2006			2005
Deferred tax liabilities:
Difference between book and tax bases of intangible assets	$	276,736		$	270,877
Tax over book depreciation		89,816			92,727
Other		7,666			5,313
Total deferred tax liabilities		374,218			368,917
Deferred tax assets:
Employee benefits		(32,963	)		(27,424	)
Acquired net operating losses		(2,686	)		(3,047	)
Other comprehensive income items		(63,793	)		(36,854	)
Other		(2,797	)		(3,650	)
Total deferred tax assets		(102,239	)		(70,975	)
Deferred tax liabilities, net		271,979			297,942
Deferred tax assets included in other current assets		9,691			10,187
Deferred tax liabilities	$	281,670		$	308,129

Reconciliation of income taxes computed at the federal statutory tax rate to actual income tax expense from continuing operations is as follows:

(In thousands)	2006			2005		2004
Income taxes computed at federal statutory tax rate	$	36,363		$	45,866	$	42,887
Increase (reduction) in income taxes resulting from:
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit		3,435			3,470		3,337
Other		(1,305	)		598		(886	)
Income taxes	$	38,493		$	49,934	$	45,338

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The Company paid income taxes of $27.1 million, $51 million and $14.6 million, respectively, net of refunds in 2006, 2005 and 2004.

The Company’s federal income tax returns have been examined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or closed by statute of limitations through fiscal year 2003 and all significant issues have been resolved. Various state returns are currently under examination by state tax authorities. The results of examinations are not expected to be material to the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flow.

The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 contained over 250 provisions, many of which impact the Company in some manner. However, the addition of the Qualified Production Activity Deduction (QPAD), which has the effect of reducing the corporate income tax rate for domestic manufacturers, had the most significant impact on the Company’s income tax provision. The QPAD is being phased in over five years beginning in 2005. The majority of the Company’s publishing operations qualify for this deduction and the provision for income taxes reflects this deduction.

Note 8: Common Stock and Stock Options

Holders of the Class A common stock are entitled to elect 30% of the Board of Directors and, with the holders of Class B common stock, also are entitled to vote on the reservation of shares for stock awards and on certain specified types of major corporate reorganizations or acquisitions. Class B common stock can be converted into Class A common stock on a share-for-share basis at the option of the holder. Both classes of common stock receive the same dividends per share.

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement 123(R), Share-Based Payment, a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, which superseded APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. Statement 123(R) addresses the accounting for share-based payment transactions in which a company receives employee services in exchange for equity instruments of the company or liabilities that are based on the fair value of the company’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. This statement requires that share-based transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method to recognize non-cash compensation expense; this expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period, which generally equals the vesting period of options, and is adjusted for expected forfeitures. It also requires that the benefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost (excess tax benefits) be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow. The Company adopted this standard as of the beginning of 2006 using the modified prospective method. Results for prior periods have not been restated.

As a result of adopting Statement 123(R), the Company recognized non-cash share-based compensation expense of approximately $5.6 million for 2006 ($3.6 million after-tax) as compared to no expense recognition under APB 25. This expense was included on the “Selling, general and administrative” line of the consolidated statement of operations. Basic and diluted earnings per share for 2006 are $0.15 lower than if the Company had continued accounting for stock options as it did prior to adopting Statement 123(R). As of December 31, 2006, there was $5.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.8 years. In 2006, the Company also reflected $306 thousand of excess tax benefits as a financing cash flow in its Statement of Cash Flows.

Prior to the adoption of Statement 123(R), the Company’s stock-based employee compensation plans were accounted for in accordance with APB 25, under which no compensation expense was recorded because the exercise price of employee stock options equaled the market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Had the Company adopted Statement 123(R) in prior periods, the impact of that statement would have approximated the impact of FAS 123 (as if the fair-value-based recognition provisions of that statement had been applied) as shown in the following table. The weighted-average grant date fair values of stock options awarded in 2005 ($20.59) and 2004 ($25.51) were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for 2005 and 2004, respectively: risk-free interest rates of 4.1% and 3.8%; dividend yields of 1.5% and 1.4%; volatility factors of 27% and 36%; and an expected life of 8 years.

	Years Ended
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2005			2004
Net income (loss), as reported	$	(243,042	)	$	80,185
Deduct: total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value method for all awards, net of related tax effects		(4,928	)		(4,990	)
Pro forma net income (loss)	$	(247,970	)	$	75,195
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic - as reported	$	(10.33	)	$	3.43
Basic - pro forma	$	(10.54	)	$	3.22
Diluted - as reported	$	(10.18	)	$	3.38
Diluted - pro forma	$	(10.39	)	$	3.17

Under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), stock-based awards are granted to key employees in the form of nonqualified stock options (Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan) and non-vested shares (Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Plan (PARS)).

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The LTIP is administered by the Compensation Committee and permits the grant of share options and shares to its employees for up to 3.5 million shares (of which no more than 800,000 can be used for PARS). At December 31, 2006, a combined 266,356 shares were available for grants of PARS (168,694) and stock options (97,662). Grant prices of stock options are equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Unless changed by the Compensation Committee, options are exercisable during the continued employment of the optionee but not for a period greater than ten years and not for a period greater than one year after termination of employment; they generally become exercisable at the rate of one-third each year from the date of grant. For awards granted prior to 2006, the optionee may exercise any option in full in the event of retirement or disability after at least ten years of service with the Company and after attaining age 55. For awards granted in 2006, the optionee must be 63 years of age, with ten years of service, and must be an employee on December 31 in order to be eligible to exercise an award upon retirement or disability.

Options to purchase Class A common stock were granted to key employees under the 1976 and 1987 nonqualified stock option plans prior to the LTIP. The Company will not make any future awards under these two former plans and past awards are not affected. Options outstanding under the plans are exercisable during the continued employment of the optionee, but not for a period greater than ten years after the date of grant for options granted subsequent to the 1991 amendment to the 1987 plan and for a period of not greater than three years after termination of employment.

The Company valued stock options granted in 2006 using a binomial lattice valuation model which necessitates the development of certain key assumptions. The volatility factor was estimated based on the Company’s historical volatility over the contractual term of the options. The Company also used historical data to derive the option’s expected life and employee forfeiture rates within the valuation model. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U. S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the date of grant. The dividend yield is predicated on the current annualized dividend payment and the average stock price over the year prior to the grant date. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options awarded in 2006 ($15.50) was estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 4.4%, dividend yield of 1.4%, volatility of 28%, and an expected life of 6.6 years. The following is a summary of option activity for the year ended December 31, 2006:

(In thousands, except per share amounts)	Shares		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)*	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding-beginning of year	1,651		$	55.36
Granted	559			49.66
Exercised	(55	)		28.77
Forfeited or expired	(123	)		56.88
Outstanding-end of year	2,032		$	54.43	6.7	$	318
Outstanding-end of year less estimated forfeitures	1,964		$	54.48	6.7	$	318
Exercisable - end of year	1,218		$	54.26	5.4	$	318

* Excludes 2,400 options which are exercisable during the lifetime of the optionee and 64,000 options which are exercisable during the continued employment of the optionee and for a three-year period thereafter

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during 2006 was $0.6 million; cash received from these options exercised was $1.6 million. The actual tax benefit realized from option exercise of share-based payment arrangements totaled $235 thousand in 2006.

Certain executives are eligible for Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock (PARS), which vests over a ten-year period. If certain earnings targets are achieved (as defined in the plan) vesting may accelerate to either a three, five or seven year period. The recipient of PARS must remain employed by the Company during the vesting period. PARS is awarded at the fair value of Class A shares on the date of the grant. PARS expense continues to be recognized based upon expectations of meeting pre-set performance targets. At December 31, 2006, the following shares remain unvested under the terms of the plan: 154,200 shares granted in 2005 at $63.18, 145,600 shares granted in 2003 at $56.03, 110,600 shares granted in 2001 at $51.41, and 59,800 shares granted in 1999 at $47.91. All restrictions on PARS granted prior to 1999 have been released. The Company did not issue any new PARS in January of 2007.

As of the end of 2006, there was $12.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to PARS under the LTIP; that cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 5 years. The amount recorded as expense in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $2.6 million, $3.3 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

Each non-employee member of the Board of Directors of the Company participates in the Directors’ Deferred Compensation Plan. The plan provides that each non-employee Director shall receive half of his or her annual compensation for services to the Board in the form of Deferred Stock Units (DSU); each Director additionally may elect to receive the balance of his or her compensation in either cash, DSU, or a split between cash and DSU. Other than dividend credits, deferred stock units do not entitle Directors to any rights due to a holder of common stock. DSU account balances may be settled after the Director’s retirement date by a cash lump-sum payment, a single distribution of common stock, or annual installments of either cash or common stock over a period of up to ten years. The Company records expense annually based on the amount of

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compensation paid to each director as well as recording an adjustment for changes in fair value of DSU. In 2006 and 2005, the Company recognized benefits of $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively, under the plan due to the decrease in fair value of DSU; an expense of $0.6 million was recognized in 2004.

Note 9: Retirement Plans

The Company has a funded, qualified non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan which covers substantially all employees, and non-contributory unfunded supplemental executive retirement and ERISA excess plans which supplement the coverage available to certain executives. The Company also has an unfunded plan that provides certain health and life insurance benefits to retired employees who were hired prior to 1992. The previously mentioned plans are collectively referred to as the “Plans”. The Company used a measurement date of December 31 for the Plans.

In the second quarter of 2006, the Company announced a redesign of its defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans as well as the addition of certain new employee benefit programs. These changes are expected to reduce the volatility of future pension expense while continuing to provide competitive retirement benefits to employees. The changes became effective at the beginning of 2007 and include: freezing the service accrual in the current defined benefit retirement plan for existing employees (while closing this plan to new employees), increasing the maximum Company match in the current 401(k) defined contribution plan to 5% from 4% of an employee’s earnings, adding a profit sharing component to the 401(k) plan, and establishing a retiree medical savings account.

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 158 – Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FASB statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). The objective of FAS 158 is to require that the funded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans (measured as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation) be recognized on the balance sheet as a net asset or net liability. As required, the Company has adopted this statement and applied it prospectively beginning with the Company’s fiscal 2006 year-end financial statements. While the adoption had no effect on the Consolidated Statements of Operations, unrecognized actuarial amounts were reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2006, resulting in an $86 million increase to “Other liabilities and deferred credits”, a $31 million decrease in “Deferred income taxes” and a $55 million reduction to stockholders’ equity.

Benefit Obligations

The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the Plans’ benefit obligations (including the retiree medical savings accounts established in 2007) for the years ended December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005:

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
(In thousands)	2006			2005			2006			2005
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	417,972		$	365,516		$	32,166		$	35,880
Service cost		14,535			13,796			396			295
Interest cost		25,235			22,440			2,559			1,866
Participant contributions		—			—			1,047			599
Plan amendments		—			—			13,210			3,235
Actuarial (gain) loss		(4,807	)		31,453			(110	)		(6,067	)
Acquisition		—			—			5,011			—
Benefit payments		(15,668	)		(15,233	)		(3,284	)		(3,642	)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	437,267		$	417,972		$	50,995		$	32,166

The accumulated benefit obligation at the end of 2006 and 2005 was $361 million and $346 million, respectively. The Company’s policy is to fund benefits under the supplemental executive retirement, excess, and postretirement benefits plans as well as the new retiree medical savings accounts as claims and premiums are paid. As of December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, the benefit obligation related to the supplemental executive retirement and ERISA excess plans included in the preceding table was $51.2 million and $46.1 million, respectively. The Plans’ benefit obligations were determined using the following assumptions:

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2006		2005		2006		2005
Discount rate	6.00	%	5.80	%	6.00	%	5.80	%
Compensation increase rate	4.00		3.75		4.00		3.75

A 9.5% annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits was assumed for 2006 (9.5% for 2005). This rate was assumed to decrease gradually each year to a rate of 5% in 2013 and remain at that level thereafter. These rates can have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the Company’s postretirement obligations. A one-percentage point increase or decrease in the assumed health care trend rates would change the Company’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation by approximately $1 million and the Company’s net periodic cost by $50 thousand.

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Plan Assets

The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the fair value of the Plans’ assets for the years ended December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005:

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
(In thousands)	2006			2005			2006			2005
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	265,205		$	249,007		$	—		$	—
Actual return on plan assets		31,386			14,770			—			—
Employer contributions		16,699			16,661			2,727			3,043
Participant contributions		—			—			1,047			599
Benefit payments		(15,668	)		(15,233	)		(3,774	)		(3,642	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	297,622		$	265,205		$	—		$	—

The asset allocation for the Company’s funded retirement plan at the end of 2006 and 2005, and the asset allocation range for 2007, by asset category, are as follows:

	Asset Allocation Range	Percentage of Plan Assets at Year End
Asset Category	2007	2006	2005
Equity securities	55%-75%	73%	73%
Fixed income securities	25%-45%	27%	27%
Total		100%	100%

As plan sponsor of the funded retirement plan, the Company’s investment strategy is to achieve a rate of return on the plan’s assets that, over the long-term, will fund the plan’s benefit payments and will provide for other required amounts in a manner that satisfies all fiduciary responsibilities. A determinant of the plan’s returns is the asset allocation policy. The Company’s investment policy provides absolute ranges (55%-75% equity, 25%-45% fixed income) for the plan’s long-term asset mix. The Company periodically (at least annually) reviews and rebalances the asset mix if necessary. The Company also reviews the plan’s overall asset allocation to determine the proper balance of securities market capitalization, value or growth, U.S. or international, or the addition of other asset classes. Periodically, the Company evaluates each investment manager to determine if that manager has performed satisfactorily when compared to the defined objectives, similarly invested portfolios, and specific market indices.

Funded Status

The following table provides a statement of the funded status of the Plans at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005:

	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
(In thousands)	2006			2005			2006			2005
Funded status:
Plan assets less than benefit obligation	$	(139,645	)	$	(152,767	)	$	(50,995	)	$	(32,166	)
Unrecognized prior-service cost 1		—			248			—			2,773
Unrecognized actuarial loss 1		—			161,825			—			434
Prepaid (accrued) benefit cost	$	(139,645	)	$	9,306		$	(50,995	)	$	(28,959	)
Amounts recorded in the balance sheet:
Current liabilities	$	(1,667	)	$	—		$	(3,879	)	$	—
Noncurrent liabilities		(137,978	)		(85,308	)		(47,116	)		(28,959	)
Intangible asset 1		—			649			—			—
Accumulated other comprehensive income 1		—			93,965			—			—
Net amount recognized	$	(139,645	)	$	9,306		$	(50,995	)	$	(28,959	)

¹ With the 2006 adoption of SFAS #158, these amounts are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as liabilities.

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The following table provides the components of the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income prior to any deferred tax effects for fiscal year 2006:

	2006
(In thousands)	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
Net actuarial loss	$	143,525		$	13
Prior service (credit) cost		(259	)		14,801
Components of other comprehensive income	$	143,266		$	14,814

The Company anticipates recognizing $9.6 million of actuarial loss and a $1.5 million of prior service cost, both of which are currently in other comprehensive income, as a component of its net periodic cost in 2007.

Expected Cash Flows

The following table includes amounts that are expected to be contributed to the Plans (including the retiree medical savings account established in 2007) by the Company and amounts the Company expects to receive in Medicare subsidy payments. It reflects benefit payments that are made from the Plans’ assets as well as those made directly from the Company’s assets and includes the participants’ share of the costs, which is funded by participant contributions. The amounts in the table are actuarially determined and reflect the Company’s best estimate given its current knowledge; actual amounts could be materially different.

(In thousands)	Pension Benefits		Other Benefits		Medicare Subsidy Receipts
Employer Contributions
2007 (expectation) to participant benefits	$	1,667	$	4,424	$	—
Expected Benefit Payments / Receipts
2007		15,794		4,424		545
2008		16,183		4,748		589
2009		16,700		5,062		632
2010		17,794		5,058		678
2011		19,277		5,352		718
2012-2016		120,269		26,381		4,197

Net Periodic Cost

The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the Plans for fiscal years 2006, 2005, and 2004:

	Pension Benefits									Other Benefits
(In thousands)	2006			2005			2004			2006		2005		2004
Service cost	$	14,535		$	13,796		$	12,287		$	396	$	295	$	396
Interest cost		25,235			22,440			20,841			2,559		1,866		2,059
Expected return on plan assets		(25,306	)		(24,871	)		(24,617	)		—		—		—
Amortization of prior-service cost		11			209			352			1,182		462		—
Amortization of net loss		7,412			7,078			4,203			—		853		168
Curtailment loss		497			—			—			—		—		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	22,384		$	18,652		$	13,066		$	4,137	$	3,476	$	2,623

As part of purchase accounting for the NBC acquisition, the Company recorded $5.3 million of liabilities related to post-retirement and retiree medical savings account benefits granted to these new employees.

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The net periodic costs were determined using the following assumptions:

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2006 1		2005		2006 1		2005
Discount rate	5.80	%	5.90	%	5.80	%	5.90	%
Expected return on plan assets	8.80		9.00		—		—
Compensation increase rate	3.75		3.50		3.75		3.50

¹ Assumption as of the beginning of the year. The Plans were remeasured as of April 30, 2006 in conjunction with the redesign of retirement benefits using the following assumptions: discount rate 6.5%, expected return on plan assets 8.5%, and compensation increase rate 4.0%.

The reasonableness of the expected return on the funded retirement plan assets was determined by four separate analyses: 1) review of 18 years of historical data of portfolios with similar asset allocation characteristics done by a third party, 2) analysis of 10 years of historical performance assuming the current portfolio mix and investment manager structure done by a third party, 3) review of the Company’s actual portfolio performance over the past 10 years, and 4) projected portfolio performance, assuming the plan’s asset allocation range, done by a third party. Net periodic costs for 2007 will use a discount rate of 6.0%, an expected rate of return on plan assets of 8.5%, and a compensation increase rate of 4.0%.

The “Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003” (the Act) established a prescription drug benefit under Medicare, known as “Medicare Part D,” and a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that are at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. The Act reformed Medicare in such a way that the Company began to receive subsidy payments beginning in 2006 for continuing retiree prescription drug benefits. In 2004, the Company adopted FASB Staff Position 106-2, Accounting and Disclosure Requirements Related to the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (FSP 106-2), based on guidance available at that time. Final regulations implementing the Act along with certain interpretations were issued in early 2005. Based on this definitive guidance, an additional segment of the Company’s retiree population was determined to be actuarially equivalent. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $900 thousand benefit in 2005 as a reduction to its net periodic postretirement benefit cost. However, the Company’s portion of medical claims in recent years had been higher than expected resulting in additional expense in 2005 that more than offset the Medicare benefit.

The Company also sponsors a 401(k) plan covering substantially all employees under which the Company matches 100% of participant pretax contributions up to a maximum of 4% of the employee’s salary in 2006 (maximum match was increased to 5% for 2007). Eligible account balances may be rolled over from a prior employer’s qualified plan. Contributions charged to expense under the plan were $8.7 million, $8.2 million and $7.7 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.

Note 10: Earnings Per Share

The following chart is a reconciliation of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per share computations for income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

	2006						2005						2004
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	Income (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)	Per Share Amount		Income (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)	Per Share Amount		Income (Numerator)			Shares (Denominator)	Per Share Amount
Basic EPS
Income from continuing operations available to common stock-holders before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	65,402		23,597	$	2.77	$	81,113		23,527	$	3.45	$	77,196		23,356	$	3.30
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Stock options				—						121						170
Restricted stock and other		(54	)	187				(68	)	236				(30	)	203
Diluted EPS
Income from continuing operations available to common stock-holders plus assumed conversions before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle	$	65,348		23,784	$	2.75	$	81,045		23,884	$	3.40	$	77,166		23,729	$	3.25

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Note 11: Commitments, Contingencies and Other

Broadcast film rights

Over the next 7 years the Company is committed to purchase approximately $60 million of program rights that currently are not available for broadcast, including programs not yet produced. If such programs are not produced, the Company’s commitment would expire without obligation.

Capital commitments

The Company currently has several significant projects involving new buildings and press equipment. It also is in the process of installing a new advertising system in its Publishing Division and replacing a centralized traffic system in its Broadcast Division. Remaining commitments on these projects at December 31, 2006, totaled approximately $25.6 million.

Lease obligations

The Company rents certain facilities and equipment under operating leases. These leases extend for varying periods of time ranging from one year to more than twenty years and in many cases contain renewal options. Total rental expense from continuing operations amounted to $8 million in 2006, $6.1 million in 2005 and $5.6 million in 2004. Minimum rental commitments under operating leases with noncancelable terms in excess of one year are as follows: 2007 – $7 million; 2008 – $5.6 million; 2009 – $4.5 million; 2010 – $4.2 million; 2011 – $3.1 million; subsequent years – $10.7 million.

Newsprint swap

As part of its third quarter 2000 sale of Garden State Paper, the Company entered into a seven-year financial newsprint swap agreement with Enron North America Corporation (Enron). In late November of 2001 the Company terminated the newsprint swap agreement for reasons including misrepresentations made by Enron at the time the contract was signed. Enron filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. The Company believed that no further payments were due by either party under the agreement. Enron disputed the Company’s position, and in late 2003, filed a claim for damages and certain declaratory relief. In 2004, the Company settled this matter together with certain claims that it had made against the Enron bankruptcy estate for an amount less than it had accrued. Accordingly, the Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $6.1 million (after-tax $0.16 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter of 2004, which is included in Other, net in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

Interest

In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company’s interest expense related to continuing operations was $48.5 million (net of $1.0 million capitalized), $29.4 million (net of $0.8 million capitalized) and $31.1 million (net of $0.2 million capitalized), respectively. Interest paid for all operations during 2006, 2005 and 2004, net of amounts capitalized, was $48.4 million, $23.6 million and $28.5 million, respectively.

Other current assets

Other current assets included program rights of $16 million and $11.6 million at December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, respectively.

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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	2006		2005
Payroll and employee benefits	$	31,878	$	30,722
Unearned revenue		21,584		21,909
Program rights		16,346		10,756
Interest		3,602		5,902
Other		19,302		12,430
Total	$	92,712	$	81,719

Other, net

Other, net consisted of the following:

(In thousands)	2006		2005		2004
Gain on settlement	$	—	$	—	$	6,109
Other		323		2,454		1,368
Total	$	323	$	2,454	$	7,477

Variable Interest Entities

The Company consolidates certain Variable Interest Entities (VIEs) in which it has the controlling financial interest by virtue of certain real property leases. During 2002, the Company entered into lease agreements whereby variable interest entities borrowed approximately $100 million to refinance existing leased real estate facilities; the facilities are leased to the Company for a term of up to five years. The Company may cancel the leases by purchasing or arranging for the sale of the facilities. At December 31, 2006, and December 25, 2005, the Company had assets of approximately $74 million and $77 million, respectively, related to VIEs (and pledged as collateral for the VIEs’ debt) included on its Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company anticipates purchasing the facilities in the first quarter of 2007.

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Media General, Inc.

Quarterly Review

(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)	First Quarter			Second Quarter		Third Quarter			Fourth Quarter
2006
Revenues	$	217,443		$	230,058	$	240,992		$	294,696
Operating income		18,669			32,474		25,453			64,883
Income from continuing operations		7,339			18,262		7,744			32,057
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(672	)		1,914		1,024			345
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations		—			—		11,802			(773	)
Net income		6,667			20,176		20,570			31,629
Income per share from continuing operations		0.31			0.77		0.33			1.36
Income per share from continuing operations - assuming dilution		0.31			0.77		0.33			1.35
Net income per share		0.28			0.86		0.87			1.34
Net income per share - assuming dilution		0.28			0.85		0.87			1.33
Shares traded		6,434			9,135		10,116			7,690
Stock price range	$	46.17-53.00		$	35.74-47.74	$	35.65-44.16		$	33.80-38.79
Quarterly dividend paid	$	0.22		$	0.22	$	0.22		$	0.22
2005
Revenues	$	208,793		$	222,786	$	210,902		$	233,896
Operating income		21,302			35,240		21,480			45,590
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		9,523			37,770		9,951			23,869
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		(226	)		615		(189	)		1,098
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		(325,453	)		—		—			—
Net income (loss)		(316,156	)		38,385		9,762			24,967
Income per share from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		0.41			1.60		0.42			1.01
Income per share from continuing operations before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle - assuming dilution		0.40			1.58		0.42			1.00
Net income (loss) per share		(13.47	)		1.63		0.41			1.06
Net income (loss) per share - assuming dilution		(13.25	)		1.61		0.41			1.05
Shares traded		4,170			6,758		6,566			6,235
Stock price range	$	60.41-66.20		$	58.16-65.99	$	56.64-69.28		$	48.95-59.55
Quarterly dividend paid	$	0.21		$	0.21	$	0.21		$	0.21

* Media General, Inc., Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MEG. The approximate number of equity security holders of record at February 4, 2007, was: Class A common – 1,570, Class B common – 11.

* The Company sold certain television stations in the third and fourth quarters of 2006 and reported a net gain on these sales of $11 million (net of income taxes of $6.7 million).

* Includes the recognition in the first quarter of 2005 of a charge, related to using the direct method to revalue FCC licenses, of $325.5 million (net of a tax benefit of $190.7 million) as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle resulting from the adoption of EITF Topic D-108, Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets Other Than Goodwill.

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Five-Year Financial Summary

Certain of the following data were compiled from the consolidated financial statements of Media General, Inc., and should be read in conjunction with those statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis which appear elsewhere in this report.

(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Summary of Operations
Operating revenues (a)	$	983,189		$	876,377		$	859,516		$	801,072		$	791,515
Net income (loss)	$	79,042		$	(243,042	)	$	80,185		$	58,685		$	(72,917	)
Adjustments to reconcile to operating cash flow:
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (b)		—			325,453			—			8,079			126,336
Income from discontinued operations (c)		(2,611	)		(1,298	)		(2,989	)		(2,459	)		(3,789	)
Net gain on sales of certain CBS stations (c)		(11,029	)		—			—			—			—
Gain on sale of investment in The Denver Post Corporation		—			(33,270	)		—			—			—
Gain on sale of MGFS (c)		—			—			—			(6,754	)		—
Investment (income) loss – unconsolidated affiliates		(10,598	)		(1,119	)		(1,551	)		4,672			14,129
Other, net		(323	)		(2,454	)		(7,477	)		(10,666	)		115
Interest expense		48,505			29,408			31,082			34,424			47,874
Income taxes		38,493			49,934			45,338			33,922			32,376
Operating income		141,479			123,612			144,588			119,903			144,124
Depreciation and amortization		71,096			61,971			60,408			59,830			60,191
Operating cash flow	$	212,575		$	185,583		$	204,996		$	179,733		$	204,315
Per Share Data: (a) (b) (c)
Income from continuing operations	$	2.77		$	3.45		$	3.30		$	2.49		$	2.16
Income from discontinued operations		0.58			0.05			0.13			0.40			0.17
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(13.83	)		—			(0.35	)		(5.51	)
Net income (loss)	$	3.35		$	(10.33	)	$	3.43		$	2.54		$	(3.18	)
Per Share Data – assuming dilution: (a) (b) (c)
Income from continuing operations	$	2.75		$	3.40		$	3.25		$	2.46		$	2.14
Income from discontinued operations		0.57			0.05			0.13			0.39			0.16
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(13.63	)		—			(0.35	)		(5.44	)
Net income (loss)	$	3.32		$	(10.18	)	$	3.38		$	2.50		$	(3.14	)
Other Financial Data:
Total assets (a)(d)	$	2,505,228		$	1,975,354		$	2,480,335		$	2,498,278		$	2,458,534
Working capital (excluding discontinued assets and liabilities) (c)		71,228			65,939			37,323			42,970			44,791
Capital expenditures		93,896			74,424			37,835			31,774			37,903
Total debt (d)		916,320			485,304			533,280			627,289			642,937
Cash dividends per share		0.88			0.84			0.80			0.76			0.72

(a) In the third quarter of 2006, the Company acquired WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina, WCMH in Columbus, Ohio, WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island and WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama.

(b) Includes the recognition in the first quarter of 2005 of a charge, related to using the direct method to revalue FCC licenses of $325.5 million (net of a tax benefit of $190.7 million) as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle resulting from the adoption of EITF Topic D-108, Use of the Residual Method to Value Acquired Assets Other Than Goodwill. Also includes the recognition in July of 2003 of a charge related to variable interest entities of $8.1 million (net of a tax benefit of $3.4 million) as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle resulting from the adoption of FASB Interpretation 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities. Also includes the recognition in January of 2002 of an impairment charge related to indefinite-lived intangibles of $126.3 million (net of a tax benefit of $12.2 million) as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle resulting from the adoption of SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

(c) In the second half of 2006, the Company sold KWCH in Wichita, Kansas (including that station’s three satellites); WIAT in Birmingham, Alabama; WDEF in Chattanooga, Tennessee; and KIMT in Mason, Iowa. The Company reported a gain of $11 million (net of income taxes of $6.7 million). In October 2003, the Company sold Media General Financial Services and reported a gain of $6.8 million (net of income taxes of $3.9 million). All prior periods have been restated to reflect these items as discontinued operations (net of taxes).

(d) Upon adoption of FASB Interpretation 46 in July 2003, the Company added $86 million of assets (primarily buildings) and $94 million of liabilities (primarily debt) related to VIEs.

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EX-21

Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

Listed below are the major subsidiaries of the Company, including equity investees, each of which is in the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the percentage of ownership by the Company (or if indented, by the subsidiary under which it is listed). Subsidiaries omitted from the list would not, if aggregated, constitute a significant subsidiary:

Name of Subsidiary	Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Securities Ownership
Media General Communications, Inc.	Delaware	100%
Media General Operations, Inc.	Delaware	100%
Birmingham Broadcasting Co., Inc.	Delaware	100%
Birmingham Broadcasting (WVTM-TV), LLC	Delaware	100%
Blockdot, Inc.	Texas	100%
Media General Communication Holdings, LLC	Delaware	100%
NES II, Inc.	Virginia	100%
Professional Communications Systems, Inc.	Florida	100%
Virginia Paper Manufacturing Corp.	Georgia	100%
SP Newsprint Company (Partnership)	Georgia	33.33%

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Media General, Inc. of our reports dated January 30, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Media General, Inc. and Media General, Inc. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Media General, Inc., included in the 2006 Annual Report to Stockholders of Media General, Inc.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Media General, Inc., listed in Item 15(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, as to which the date is January 30, 2007, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of our reports dated January 30, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Media General, Inc. and Media General, Inc. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Media General, Inc., incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedule of Media General, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Media General, Inc., for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

Registration Statement Number	Description
2-56905	Form S-8
33-23698	Form S-8
33-26853	Form S-3
33-52472	Form S-8
333-16731	Form S-8
333-16737	Form S-8
333-69527	Form S-8
333-54624	Form S-8
333-57538	Form S-8
333-67612	Form S-3
333-138843	Form S-8

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Richmond, Virginia

February 23, 2007

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) and RULE 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Marshall N. Morton, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Media General, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2007
	/s/ Marshall N. Morton
	Marshall N. Morton
	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) and RULE 15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, John A. Schauss, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Media General, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2007
	/s/ John A. Schauss
	John A. Schauss
	Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Media General, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Marshall N. Morton, President and Chief Executive Officer, and John A. Schauss, Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Marshall N. Morton

Marshall N. Morton

President and Chief Executive Officer

February 27, 2007

/s/ John A. Schauss

John A. Schauss

Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer

February 27, 2007