Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 29, 2015
Operating revenues:
Media	$ 443,829	$ 396,417
Digital	337,903	335,074
Total	781,732	731,491
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues and operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation	248,256	226,577
Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	281,034	264,751
Depreciation	22,233	24,279
Amortization of intangible assets	28,290	28,688
Facility consolidation	0	4,724
Total	579,813	549,019
Operating income	201,919	182,472
Non-operating (expense) income:
Equity income (loss) in unconsolidated investees, net	2,933	(1,249)
Interest expense	(61,713)	(70,670)
Other non-operating items	2,379	24,464
Total	(56,401)	(47,455)
Income before income taxes	145,518	135,017
Provision for income taxes	42,108	51,015
Income from continuing operations	103,410	84,002
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(7,474)	43,481
Net income	95,936	127,483
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(10,492)	(14,590)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 85,444	$ 112,893
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.31
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	(0.03)	0.19
Net income per share – basic (In dollars per share)	0.39	0.50
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.42	0.30
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	(0.04)	0.19
Net income per share – diluted (In dollars per share)	$ 0.38	$ 0.49
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic shares	219,286	227,089
Diluted shares	223,254	231,931
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.20