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Tegna Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 8/7/17, at 4:42pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/17   ·   Accession #:  39899-17-33   ·   File #:  1-06961

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

 8/07/17  Tegna Inc                         10-Q        6/30/17   74:8.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    593K 
 2: EX-2.2      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    591K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 3: EX-2.2.1    Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     43K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    232K 
 7: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 8: EX-10.11    Material Contract                                   HTML     25K 
 9: EX-10.12    Material Contract                                   HTML     24K 
 5: EX-10.8     Material Contract                                   HTML    133K 
 6: EX-10.9     Material Contract                                   HTML     78K 
10: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
11: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
12: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
13: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
20: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     40K 
21: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    141K 
22: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    115K 
24: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     54K 
25: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    101K 
26: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     39K 
27: R8          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     52K 
28: R9          Investments and Other Assets                        HTML     39K 
29: R10         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
30: R11         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     51K 
31: R12         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     49K 
32: R13         Supplemental Equity Information                     HTML    183K 
33: R14         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     83K 
34: R15         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     72K 
35: R16         Business Segment Information                        HTML     76K 
36: R17         Other Matters                                       HTML     24K 
37: R18         Discontinued Operations                             HTML    116K 
38: R19         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     45K 
39: R20         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     48K 
40: R21         Investments and Other Assets (Tables)               HTML     34K 
41: R22         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     48K 
42: R23         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML     48K 
43: R24         Supplemental Equity Information (Tables)            HTML    184K 
44: R25         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     81K 
45: R26         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     65K 
46: R27         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     75K 
47: R28         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML    107K 
48: R29         Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Details)         HTML     35K 
49: R30         Basis of Presentation - Early Adoption of New       HTML     29K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Details)                              
50: R31         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     44K 
                Assets and Goodwill (Details)                                    
51: R32         Investments and Other Assets - Components of        HTML     37K 
                Investments and Other Assets (Details)                           
52: R33         Investments and Other Assets - Narrative (Details)  HTML     29K 
53: R34         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     26K 
54: R35         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     70K 
55: R36         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     47K 
56: R37         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     36K 
57: R38         Retirement Plans - Narrative (Details)              HTML     34K 
58: R39         Supplemental Equity Information - Equity            HTML     65K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
59: R40         Supplemental Equity Information - Accumulated       HTML     50K 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
60: R41         Supplemental Equity Information -                   HTML     36K 
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
61: R42         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     77K 
62: R43         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     22K 
63: R44         Fair Value Measurement (Details)                    HTML     45K 
64: R45         Fair Value Measurement - Narrative (Details)        HTML     34K 
65: R46         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     37K 
66: R47         Business Segment Information - Narrative (Details)  HTML     33K 
67: R48         Other Matters - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     29K 
68: R49         Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details)       HTML     70K 
69: R50         Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations -   HTML     66K 
                Balance Sheet Disclosures (Details)                              
70: R51         Discontinued Operations - Financial Results         HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R52         Discontinued Operations - Cash Flows (Details)      HTML     30K 
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    113K 
72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     69K 
14: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- tgna-20170630                       XML   2.09M 
16: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgna-20170630_cal               XML    241K 
17: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tgna-20170630_def                XML    504K 
18: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tgna-20170630_lab                     XML   1.27M 
19: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgna-20170630_pre              XML    777K 
15: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tgna-20170630                         XSD    135K 
74: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039899-17-000033-xbrl      Zip    187K

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