CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014
Operating Revenues:
Media	$ 1,933,579	$ 1,682,144	$ 1,691,866
Digital	1,407,619	1,368,801	934,275
Total	3,341,198	3,050,945	2,626,141
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation	1,038,667	923,336	954,990
Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	1,093,837	1,068,221	766,854
Depreciation	89,531	90,803	85,866
Amortization of intangible assets	114,959	114,284	65,971
Asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains) (see Note 12)	32,130	(58,857)	44,961
Total	2,369,124	2,137,787	1,918,642
Operating income	972,074	913,158	707,499
Non-operating (expense) income
Equity (loss) income in unconsolidated investments, net (see Note 5)	(7,170)	(5,064)	151,462
Interest expense	(232,013)	(273,629)	(272,668)
Other non-operating items	(20,439)	(11,529)	404,403
Total	(259,622)	(290,222)	283,197
Income before income taxes	712,452	622,936	990,696
Provision for income taxes	216,979	202,314	234,471
Income from continuing operations	495,473	420,622	756,225
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(7,474)	102,064	374,235
Net Income	487,999	522,686	1,130,460
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(51,302)	(63,164)	(68,289)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 436,697	$ 459,522	$ 1,062,171
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 2.05	$ 1.59	$ 3.04
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	(0.03)	0.45	1.65
Net income per share - basic (in dollars per share)	2.02	2.04	4.69
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	2.02	1.56	2.97
Earnings from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	(0.03)	0.44	1.61
Net income per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.99	$ 2.00	$ 4.58
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	216,358	224,688	226,292
Diluted (in shares)	219,681	229,721	231,907
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.56	$ 0.68	$ 0.80