Exhibit 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Andrew C. Carington, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                undersigned's capacity as executive officer and/or director of
                Media General, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
                accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports
                the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
                undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
                securities of the Company;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report,
                including without limitation, all forms or reports necessary to
                obtain EDGAR Identification Numbers, and timely file such form
                or report with the United States Securities and Exchange
                Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
                the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
                may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
                required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
                documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
                undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
                form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
                attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
                discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 19th day of December, 2014.


                                        /s/ Thomas J. Sullivan
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                                        Thomas J. Sullivan