CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 98,801	$ 15,879
Trade receivables, net of allowances of $3,266 and $3,404, respectively	406,852	386,074
Other receivables	32,442	20,685
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	61,070	23,500
Programming rights	37,758	38,590
Current discontinued operations assets	0	305,960
Total current assets	636,923	790,688
Property and equipment
Land	62,885	74,747
Buildings and improvements	246,917	252,186
Equipment, furniture and fixtures	467,265	470,998
Construction in progress	5,535	7,418
Total	782,602	805,349
Less accumulated depreciation	(447,262)	(430,028)
Net property and equipment	335,340	375,321
Intangible and other assets (see Note 3)
Goodwill	2,579,417	2,579,417
Indefinite-lived and amortizable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $88,120 and $66,550, respectively	1,273,269	1,294,839
Investments and other assets	137,166	180,616
Noncurrent discontinued operation assets	0	3,321,844
Total intangible and other assets	3,989,852	7,376,716
Total assets	4,962,115	8,542,725
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	52,992	66,105
Accrued liabilities
Compensation	54,088	54,349
Interest	39,217	42,413
Contracts payable for programming rights	105,040	65,329
Other	58,196	71,789
Dividends payable	15,173	30,178
Income taxes	0	11,448
Current portion of long-term debt	646	646
Current discontinued operations liabilities	0	276,924
Total current liabilities	325,352	619,181
Income taxes	20,203	22,644
Deferred income taxes	382,310	648,920
Long-term debt	3,007,047	4,042,749
Pension liabilities	144,220	187,290
Other noncurrent liabilities	87,942	75,438
Noncurrent discontinued operations liabilities	0	347,233
Total noncurrent liabilities	3,641,722	5,324,274
Total liabilities	3,967,074	5,943,455
Redeemable noncontrolling interests related to discontinued operations	0	46,265
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Note 12)
TEGNA Inc. shareholders’ equity
Common stock of $1 par value per share, 800,000,000 shares authorized, 324,418,632 shares issued	324,419	324,419
Additional paid-in capital	382,127	473,742
Retained earnings	6,062,995	7,384,556
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(106,923)	(161,573)
Less treasury stock at cost, 109,487,979 shares and 109,930,832 shares, respectively	(5,667,577)	(5,749,726)
Total TEGNA Inc. shareholders’ equity	995,041	2,271,418
Noncontrolling interests related to discontinued operations	0	281,587
Total equity	995,041	2,553,005
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	$ 4,962,115	$ 8,542,725