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) December 5, 2011
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.)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As announced previously, Stephen Y. Dickinson (Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer) will retire effective December 31, 2011. Timothy J. Mulvaney will become Controller and Chief Accounting Officer effective January 1, 2012. Mr. Mulvaney is currently the Company’s Controller and has been since 2009. He was Assistant Controller from 2005 - 2009.
There are no transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the appointment of Mr. Mulvaney as Chief Accounting Officer.
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 December 8, 2011 | ||||
| /s/ James F. Woodward | ||||
| James F. Woodward | ||||
| Vice President - Finance | ||||
| and Chief Financial Officer | ||||