CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Media	$ 1,903,026	$ 1,994,120	$ 1,713,982
Digital	0	9,968	50,840
Total	1,903,026	2,004,088	1,764,822
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation	933,718	795,454	728,131
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	287,396	331,028	318,109
Corporate - General and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	54,943	58,692	61,045
Depreciation	55,068	55,369	62,141
Amortization of intangible assets	21,570	23,263	24,517
Asset impairment and facility consolidation charges (gains) (see Note 11)	4,429	32,130	(59,415)
Total	1,357,124	1,295,936	1,134,528
Operating income	545,902	708,152	630,294
Non-operating income (expense)
Equity income (loss) in unconsolidated investments, net (see Note 4)	10,402	(3,414)	(2,795)
Interest expense	(210,284)	(231,995)	(273,152)
Other non-operating expenses	(35,304)	(23,452)	(8,681)
Total	(235,186)	(258,861)	(284,628)
Income before income taxes	310,716	449,291	345,666
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(137,246)	140,171	116,060
Income from continuing operations	447,962	309,120	229,606
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(232,916)	178,879	293,080
Net Income	215,046	487,999	522,686
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations	58,698	(51,302)	(63,164)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 273,744	$ 436,697	$ 459,522
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 2.08	$ 1.43	$ 1.02
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	(0.81)	0.59	1.02
Net income per share - basic (in dollars per share)	1.27	2.02	2.04
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	2.06	1.41	1.00
Earnings from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	(0.80)	0.58	1.00
Net income per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.26	$ 1.99	$ 2.00
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	215,587	216,358	224,688
Diluted (in shares)	217,478	219,681	229,721
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.35	$ 0.56	$ 0.68