Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Operating revenues:
Media	$ 446,310	$ 443,829
Digital	332,161	337,903
Total	778,471	781,732
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation	295,809	247,531
Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	274,998	280,309
Depreciation	23,087	22,233
Amortization of intangible assets	29,018	28,290
Asset impairment and facility consolidation charges	2,183	0
Total	625,095	578,363
Operating income	153,376	203,369
Non-operating (expense) income:
Equity (loss) income in unconsolidated investments, net (see Note 4)	(1,469)	2,933
Interest expense	(55,416)	(61,713)
Other non-operating items	(4,009)	929
Total	(60,894)	(57,851)
Income before income taxes	92,482	145,518
Provision for income taxes	28,583	42,108
Income from continuing operations	63,899	103,410
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	(7,474)
Net income	63,899	95,936
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(6,185)	(10,492)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 57,714	$ 85,444
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.42
Loss from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.03)
Net income per share – basic (In dollars per share)	0.27	0.39
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.27	0.42
Loss from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.04)
Net income per share – diluted (In dollars per share)	$ 0.27	$ 0.38
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic shares	215,305	219,286
Diluted shares	217,569	223,254
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.14