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Tegna Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 8/5/16, at 4:04pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/16   ·   Accession #:  39899-16-49   ·   File #:  1-06961

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

 8/05/16  Tegna Inc                         10-Q        6/30/16   69:7.2M

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    591K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
13: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    144K 
14: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    116K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     60K 
17: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    102K 
18: R7          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     69K 
19: R8          Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     23K 
20: R9          Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     76K 
21: R10         Investments and Other Assets                        HTML     38K 
22: R11         Income Taxes                                        HTML     24K 
23: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     51K 
24: R13         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     50K 
25: R14         Supplemental Equity Information                     HTML    175K 
26: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     80K 
27: R16         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     59K 
28: R17         Business Segment Information                        HTML     97K 
29: R18         Other Matters                                       HTML     25K 
30: R19         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     85K 
31: R20         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     79K 
32: R21         Basis of Presentation (Tables)                      HTML     52K 
33: R22         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     73K 
34: R23         Investments and Other Assets (Tables)               HTML     34K 
35: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     48K 
36: R25         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML     48K 
37: R26         Supplemental Equity Information (Tables)            HTML    172K 
38: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     77K 
39: R28         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     53K 
40: R29         Business Segment Information (Tables)               HTML     92K 
41: R30         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     79K 
42: R31         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     35K 
43: R32         Basis of Presentation - Early Adoption of New       HTML     41K 
                Accounting Pronouncements (Details)                              
44: R33         Acquisitions and Dispositions - Narrative           HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R34         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)      HTML     41K 
46: R35         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill     HTML     48K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
47: R36         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R37         Investments and Other Assets - Components of        HTML     37K 
                Investments and Other Assets (Details)                           
49: R38         Investments and Other Assets - Narrative (Details)  HTML     28K 
50: R39         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     25K 
51: R40         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     74K 
52: R41         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML     47K 
53: R42         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     37K 
54: R43         Retirement Plans - Narrative (Details)              HTML     35K 
55: R44         Supplemental Equity Information - Equity            HTML     61K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
56: R45         Supplemental Equity Information - Accumulated       HTML     48K 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
57: R46         Supplemental Equity Information -                   HTML     34K 
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
58: R47         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     74K 
59: R48         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     22K 
60: R49         Fair Value Measurement (Details)                    HTML     36K 
61: R50         Fair Value Measurement - Narrative (Details)        HTML     36K 
62: R51         Business Segment Information (Details)              HTML     60K 
63: R52         Other Matters - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     30K 
64: R53         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     32K 
65: R54         Discontinued Operations - Income Statement          HTML     44K 
                Disclosures (Details)                                            
66: R55         Discontinued Operations - Depreciation,             HTML     43K 
                Amortization and Capital Expenditures (Details)                  
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     69K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- tgna-20160630                       XML   2.18M 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgna-20160630_cal               XML    216K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tgna-20160630_def                XML    457K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tgna-20160630_lab                     XML   1.26M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgna-20160630_pre              XML    745K 
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69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039899-16-000049-xbrl      Zip    187K

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