CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2024
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 675,045	$ 710,363	$ 1,355,094	$ 1,424,615
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	422,896	432,044	863,887	862,611
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses		94,998	94,938	190,545	197,198
Corporate - General and administrative expenses		10,109	12,685	20,265	27,483
Depreciation		15,796	15,173	31,275	29,483
Amortization of intangible assets		8,832	13,663	17,685	27,323
Asset impairment and other		0	0	0	1,097
Total		552,631	568,503	1,123,657	1,145,195
Operating income		122,414	141,860	231,437	279,420
Non-operating (expense) income:
Interest expense		(41,789)	(41,748)	(83,600)	(84,116)
Interest income		8,168	5,873	16,241	11,446
Other non-operating items, net		(627)	(2,749)	(2,444)	147,009
Total		(34,248)	(38,624)	(69,803)	74,339
Income before income taxes		88,166	103,236	161,634	353,759
Provision for income taxes		20,264	21,207	35,425	82,468
Net Income		67,902	82,029	126,209	271,291
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		20	115	384	413
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.		$ 67,922	$ 82,144	$ 126,593	$ 271,704
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.42	$ 0.48	$ 0.78	$ 1.56
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.42	$ 0.48	$ 0.77	$ 1.55
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic shares (in shares)		161,472	169,512	161,162	173,668
Diluted shares (in shares)		162,667	169,880	162,294	174,158

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