Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 31, 2008

 

 

MEDIA GENERAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Commonwealth of Virginia   1-6383   54-0850433

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

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

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 649-6000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 31, 2008, Media General, Inc. issued a release announcing that the Company, along with the other two equal partners in SP Newsprint Company (SP), Cox Enterprises, Inc. and The McClatchy Company, completed the sale of its one-third partnership interest in SP to White Birch Paper Company. Net after-tax proceeds of approximately $38 million will be used for debt repayment. A copy of this release is furnished as Exhibit 99.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

d) Exhibits

 

99   Press Release issued by MEDIA GENERAL, INC., March 31, 2008.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    MEDIA GENERAL, INC.
    (Registrant)

Date

   April 2, 2008  
   

/s/ Stephen Y. Dickinson

    Stephen Y. Dickinson
    Controller and Chief Accounting Officer