CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 710,363	$ 731,506	$ 1,424,615	$ 1,471,833
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	432,044	430,528	862,611	857,460
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses		94,938	97,231	197,198	196,340
Corporate - General and administrative expenses		12,685	26,506	27,483	38,606
Depreciation		15,173	14,987	29,483	30,036
Amortization of intangible assets		13,663	13,296	27,323	26,878
Asset impairment and other		0	3,359	1,097	3,359
Merger termination fee		0	(136,000)	0	(136,000)
Total		568,503	449,907	1,145,195	1,016,679
Operating income		141,860	281,599	279,420	455,154
Non-operating (expense) income:
Interest expense		(41,748)	(42,797)	(84,116)	(85,703)
Interest income		5,873	8,536	11,446	16,109
Other non-operating items, net		(2,749)	(3,038)	147,009	(5,437)
Total		(38,624)	(37,299)	74,339	(75,031)
Income before income taxes		103,236	244,300	353,759	380,123
Provision for income taxes		21,207	44,207	82,468	76,026
Net Income		82,029	200,093	271,291	304,097
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		115	12	413	311
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.		$ 82,144	$ 200,105	$ 271,704	$ 304,408
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.48	$ 0.92	$ 1.56	$ 1.37
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.48	$ 0.92	$ 1.55	$ 1.37
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic shares (in shares)		169,512	217,830	173,668	221,168
Diluted shares (in shares)		169,880	217,979	174,158	221,391

[1] Cost of revenues exclude charges for depreciation and amortization expense, which are shown separately.