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TEGNA Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 5/10/23, at 4:05pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/23   ·   Accession #:  39899-23-18   ·   File #:  1-06961

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/10/23  TEGNA Inc.                        10-Q        3/31/23   59:5.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.14M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     75K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     88K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML     86K 
 5: EX-10.4     Material Contract                                   HTML     98K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
15: R1          Cover                                               HTML     69K 
16: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    160K 
17: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    112K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     67K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     99K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable    HTML     78K 
                Noncontrolling Interest                                          
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity and Redeemable    HTML     18K 
                Noncontrolling Interest (Parenthetical)                          
23: R9          Basis of presentation, merger agreement and         HTML     43K 
                accounting policies                                              
24: R10         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     36K 
25: R11         Investments and other assets                        HTML     30K 
26: R12         Long-term debt                                      HTML     31K 
27: R13         Retirement plans                                    HTML     34K 
28: R14         Accumulated other comprehensive loss                HTML     61K 
29: R15         Earnings per share                                  HTML     36K 
30: R16         Fair value measurement                              HTML     22K 
31: R17         Other matters                                       HTML     29K 
32: R18         Basis of presentation, merger agreement and         HTML     51K 
                accounting policies (Policies)                                   
33: R19         Basis of presentation, merger agreement and         HTML     27K 
                accounting policies (Tables)                                     
34: R20         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     35K 
35: R21         Investments and other assets (Tables)               HTML     27K 
36: R22         Long-term debt (Tables)                             HTML     30K 
37: R23         Retirement plans (Tables)                           HTML     29K 
38: R24         Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Tables)       HTML     59K 
39: R25         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     35K 
40: R26         Basis of presentation, merger agreement and         HTML     57K 
                accounting policies - Narrative (Details)                        
41: R27         Basis of presentation, merger agreement and         HTML     30K 
                accounting policies - Revenue (Details)                          
42: R28         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Intangible   HTML     44K 
                Assets and Goodwill (Details)                                    
43: R29         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Narrative    HTML     21K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R30         Investments and other assets - Components of        HTML     32K 
                Investments and Other Assets (Details)                           
45: R31         Investments and other assets - Narrative (Details)  HTML     22K 
46: R32         Long-term debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt         HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
47: R33         Long-term debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     30K 
48: R34         Retirement plans - Narrative (Details)              HTML     33K 
49: R35         Retirement plans - Benefit Costs (Details)          HTML     32K 
50: R36         Accumulated other comprehensive loss - Accumulated  HTML     48K 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
51: R37         Accumulated other comprehensive loss -              HTML     34K 
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
52: R38         Earnings per share - Schedule of Earnings Per       HTML     70K 
                Share (Details)                                                  
53: R39         Fair value measurement (Details)                    HTML     26K 
54: R40         Other matters (Details)                             HTML     61K 
57: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     94K 
55: XML         XBRL Instance -- tgna-20230331_htm                   XML    953K 
56: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     85K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgna-20230331_cal               XML    169K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tgna-20230331_def                XML    325K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tgna-20230331_lab                     XML   1.15M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgna-20230331_pre              XML    607K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tgna-20230331                         XSD    106K 
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59: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039899-23-000018-xbrl      Zip    332K

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