CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Total	$ 2,207,282	$ 1,903,026	$ 2,004,088
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues, exclusive of depreciation	1,065,933	933,718	795,454
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	315,320	287,396	331,028
Corporate - General and administrative expenses, exclusive of depreciation	52,467	54,943	58,692
Depreciation	55,949	55,068	55,369
Amortization of intangible assets	30,838	21,570	23,263
Asset impairment and other (gains) charges (see Note 11)	(11,701)	4,429	32,130
Total	1,508,806	1,357,124	1,295,936
Operating income	698,476	545,902	708,152
Non-operating income (expense):
Equity income (loss) in unconsolidated investments, net (see Note 4)	13,792	10,402	(3,414)
Interest expense	(192,065)	(210,284)	(231,995)
Other non-operating expenses, net	(11,496)	(35,304)	(23,452)
Total	(189,769)	(235,186)	(258,861)
Income before income taxes	508,707	310,716	449,291
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	107,367	(137,246)	140,171
Income from continuing operations	401,340	447,962	309,120
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	4,325	(232,916)	178,879
Net income	405,665	215,046	487,999
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests from discontinued operations	0	58,698	(51,302)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.	$ 405,665	$ 273,744	$ 436,697
Earnings from continuing operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.86	$ 2.08	$ 1.43
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share - basic (in dollars per share)	0.02	(0.81)	0.59
Net income per share - basic (in dollars per share)	1.88	1.27	2.02
Earnings from continuing operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	1.85	2.06	1.41
Earnings from discontinued operations per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	0.02	(0.80)	0.58
Net income per share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.87	$ 1.26	$ 1.99
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	216,184	215,587	216,358
Diluted (in shares)	216,621	217,478	219,681
Media
Revenues:
Total	$ 2,207,282	$ 1,903,026	$ 1,994,120
Digital
Revenues:
Total	$ 0	$ 0	$ 9,968