Media General followed the newspaper publisher trend of reaching profitability through cost cutting in Q4, as publishing revenues in general continued to decline, albeit more slowly. In part, the slowing decline can be attributed to the 11 percent growth in digital revenues, as local and national online ad dollars leaped 28 percent and 20 percent, respectively, from a year ago. But Media General (NYSE: MEG) gave credit where it is due, and once again, the Richmond, VA-based owner of The Tampa Tribune, Richmond Times-Dispatch and 20 other dailies, got a boost from its association with the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Newspaper Consortium. In terms of expenses, Media Gen cut costs by 22 percent in Q4, a figure that will be hard to repeat over the next few months.