CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 2,711,998	$ 3,101,971	$ 2,910,930
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	1,730,843	1,756,115	1,718,857
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses		379,721	394,589	412,000
Corporate - General and administrative expenses		61,472	51,851	65,933
Depreciation		61,646	59,935	59,769
Amortization of intangible assets		35,347	53,600	53,467
Asset impairment and other (see Note 10)		(0)	1,097	3,359
Merger termination fee		0	0	(136,000)
Total		2,269,029	2,317,187	2,177,385
Operating income		442,969	784,784	733,545
Non-operating (expense) income:
Interest expense		(158,388)	(169,238)	(172,904)
Interest income		25,453	26,991	29,292
Other non-operating items, net		(21,237)	130,450	16,613
Total		(154,172)	(11,797)	(126,999)
Income before income taxes		288,797	772,987	606,546
Provision for income taxes		69,325	173,944	130,199
Net Income		219,472	599,043	476,347
Net loss attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		384	775	377
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.		$ 219,856	$ 599,818	$ 476,724
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)		$ 1.36	$ 3.55	$ 2.29
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 1.34	$ 3.53	$ 2.28
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		161,416	168,434	207,594
Diluted (in shares)		162,820	169,165	207,947

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