Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 28, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 28, 2015
Operating revenues:
Media	$ 458,947	$ 417,049	$ 902,776	$ 813,466
Digital	352,838	339,623	690,741	674,697
Total	811,785	756,672	1,593,517	1,488,163
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues and operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation	255,472	239,910	503,728	466,487
Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	275,112	264,797	556,146	529,548
Depreciation	22,627	24,955	44,860	49,234
Amortization of intangible assets	28,252	28,966	56,542	57,654
Asset impairment charges and facility consolidation	3,728	12,355	3,728	17,079
Total	585,191	570,983	1,165,004	1,120,002
Operating income	226,594	185,689	428,513	368,161
Non-operating expenses:
Equity loss in unconsolidated investees, net	(5,914)	(1,862)	(2,981)	(3,111)
Interest expense	(56,141)	(69,252)	(117,854)	(139,922)
Other non-operating expenses, net	(2,548)	(26,695)	(169)	(2,231)
Total	(64,603)	(97,809)	(121,004)	(145,264)
Income before income taxes	161,991	87,880	307,509	222,897
Provision for income taxes	47,606	33,724	89,714	84,739
Income from continuing operations	114,385	54,156	217,795	138,158
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	77,337	(7,474)	120,818
Net income	114,385	131,493	210,321	258,976
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(14,934)	(15,624)	(25,426)	(30,214)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 99,451	$ 115,869	$ 184,895	$ 228,762
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.46	$ 0.17	$ 0.88	$ 0.48
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.34	(0.03)	0.53
Net income per share – basic (In dollars per share)	0.46	0.51	0.85	1.01
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.45	0.17	0.87	0.47
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.33	(0.03)	0.52
Net income per share – diluted (In dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.50	$ 0.84	$ 0.99
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic shares	216,518	226,538	217,902	226,814
Diluted shares	220,204	231,920	221,729	231,927
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.20	$ 0.28	$ 0.40