Edgar Filing: MEDIA GENERAL INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â MUSE JOHN R

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2014

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MEDIA GENERAL INC [NYSE: MEG]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2100 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1600

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

DALLAS,Â TXÂ 75201

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Voting Common Stock	56,635	D	Â
Voting Common Stock	685	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Voting Common Stock	4,927	I	See Footnotes ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Voting Common Stock	8,855,759	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Voting Common Stock	115,804	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Voting Common Stock	2,293,007	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Voting Common Stock	15,423	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁹⁾
Voting Common Stock	35,584	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾
Voting Common Stock	62,655	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾
Voting Common Stock	60,543	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Voting Common Stock	4,829	I	See Footnotes ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽¹³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Voting Common Stock Option	09/18/2015	09/18/2022	Voting Common Stock	73,570	$ 2.88	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MUSE JOHN R 2100 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1600 DALLAS,Â TXÂ 75201	Â X	Â	Â	Â

Signatures

/s/ David W. Knickel, attorney-in-fact for John R. Muse		12/29/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Held of record by Muse Family Enterprises, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership ("MFE").
(2)	MFE and JRM Interim Investors, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("JRM"), are both indirectly beneficially owned by Mr. Muse. However, Mr. Muse disclaims beneficial ownership of the issuer's securities held of record by MFE and JRM except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3)	Held of record by JRM.
(4)	Held of record by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Fund III").
(5)	Mr. Muse is an executive officer of the ultimate general partner of each of Fund III, HM3 Coinvestors, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("HM3 Coinvestors"), Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Fund IV"), Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Private Equity Fund IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Private Fund IV"), HM4-EQ Coinvestors, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("HM4-EQ Coinvestors"), Hicks, Muse & Co. Partners, L.P., a Texas limited partnership ("HM&Co."), and HM Capital Partners I LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("HMCP I LP"). In addition, Mr. Muse is a voting member of a two-person committee that exercises voting and dispositive powers over the issuer's securities held by the ultimate general partner of each of Fund III, HM3 Coinvestors, Fund IV, Private Fund IV, HM4-EQ Coinvestors, HM&Co and HMCP I LP.
(6)	(Continued from footnote 5) Accordingly, Mr. Muse may be deemed to beneficially own all of the issuer's securities held directly by Fund III, HM3 Coinvestors, Private Fund IV, Fund IV, HM4-EQ Coinvestors, HM&Co and HMCP I LP. However, Mr. Muse disclaims beneficial ownership of the issuer's securities held by Fund III, HM3 Coinvestors, Fund IV, Private Fund IV, HM4-EQ Coinvestors, HM&Co and HMCP I LP except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(7)	Held of record by HM3 Coinvestors.
(8)	Held of record by Fund IV.
(9)	Held of record by Private Fund IV.
(10)	Held of record by HM4-EQ Coinvestors.
(11)	Held of record by HM&Co.
(12)	Held of record by a former partner of HM&Co as nominee for HM&Co.
(13)	Held of record by a former partner of HMCP I LP as nominee for HMCP I LP.
Â Remarks: ExhibitÂ List:Â ExhibitÂ 24

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