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Tegna Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/28/14 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 11/5/14, at 4:28pm ET   ·   For:  9/28/14   ·   Accession #:  39899-14-33   ·   File #:  1-06961

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

11/05/14  Tegna Inc                         10-Q        9/28/14   71:9.3M

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    789K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     69K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
49: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     40K 
38: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    176K 
47: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
51: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     96K 
66: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     70K 
                Income                                                           
41: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    112K 
46: R7          Basis of presentation and summary of significant    HTML     44K 
                accounting policies                                              
34: R8          Acquisitions and dispositions                       HTML     29K 
26: R9          Facility consolidation and asset impairment         HTML     25K 
                charges                                                          
67: R10         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     89K 
53: R11         Long-term debt                                      HTML     56K 
52: R12         Retirement plans                                    HTML     48K 
57: R13         Postretirement benefits other than pension          HTML     46K 
58: R14         Income taxes                                        HTML     35K 
56: R15         Supplemental equity information                     HTML    159K 
59: R16         Fair value measurement                              HTML     77K 
48: R17         Business segment information                        HTML     85K 
50: R18         Earnings per share                                  HTML     60K 
55: R19         Commitments Contingencies and Other Matters         HTML     24K 
71: R20         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     23K 
62: R21         Basis of presentation and summary of significant    HTML     53K 
                accounting policies (Policies)                                   
43: R22         Basis of presentation and summary of significant    HTML     41K 
                accounting policies (Tables)                                     
54: R23         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     87K 
45: R24         Long-term debt (Tables)                             HTML     51K 
20: R25         Retirement plans (Tables)                           HTML     47K 
63: R26         Postretirement benefits other than pension          HTML     45K 
                (Tables)                                                         
68: R27         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML     29K 
30: R28         Supplemental equity information (Tables)            HTML    156K 
29: R29         Fair value measurement (Tables)                     HTML     71K 
32: R30         Business segment information (Tables)               HTML     80K 
33: R31         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     58K 
35: R32         Basis of presentation and summary of significant    HTML     41K 
                accounting policies (Details)                                    
19: R33         Acquisitions and dispositions (Details Textual)     HTML     54K 
60: R34         Facility consolidation and asset impairment         HTML     32K 
                charges (Details Textual)                                        
42: R35         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Details)      HTML     38K 
44: R36         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Details 1)    HTML     48K 
23: R37         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Details       HTML     21K 
                Textual)                                                         
70: R38         Long-term debt (Details)                            HTML     68K 
13: R39         Long-term debt Long-Term Debt - Additional          HTML     46K 
                Information (Details)                                            
36: R40         Retirement plans (Details)                          HTML     38K 
65: R41         Retirement plans (Details Textual)                  HTML     23K 
22: R42         Postretirement benefits other than pension          HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
28: R43         Postretirement benefits other than pension          HTML     24K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
31: R44         Income taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     37K 
39: R45         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     32K 
18: R46         Supplemental equity information (Details)           HTML     60K 
25: R47         Supplemental equity information (Details Textual)   HTML     23K 
15: R48         Supplemental equity information (Details 1)         HTML     38K 
64: R49         Supplemental equity information (Details 2)         HTML     39K 
21: R50         Fair value measurement (Details)                    HTML     39K 
61: R51         Fair value measurement (Details Textual)            HTML     33K 
24: R52         Business segment information (Details)              HTML     37K 
37: R53         Earnings per share (Details)                        HTML     46K 
14: R54         Earnings per share (Details Textual)                HTML     23K 
17: R55         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     34K 
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    101K 
16: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    164K 
27: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   1.26M 
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40: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039899-14-000033-xbrl      Zip    191K

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