Description With interests in publishing and broadcasting, this company generally has the media covered. Media General publishes more than 20 daily newspapers in Alabama, Florida, North and South Carolina, and Virginia, including its flagship papers the Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia) and The Tampa Tribune. The company also publishes more than 200 weekly newspapers and other periodicals. On television, Media General operates about 20 network-affiliated stations, most of which are in the southeastern US. In addition, Media General operates about 75 websites for its newspapers and TV stations. The founding Bryan family, led by chairman J. Stewart Bryan III, has voting control of the company.
Media General has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 146 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Media General employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 37% of employees would recommend working at Media General to a friend. This is based on 146 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
58% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Media General as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Media General.