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Tegna Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/6/19, at 5:30pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/19   ·   Accession #:  39899-19-28   ·   File #:  1-06961

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

 8/06/19  Tegna Inc                         10-Q        6/30/19   69:8.7M

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    991K 
 2: EX-2.1      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    460K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 3: EX-2.2      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    467K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 4: EX-2.3      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    468K 
                Liquidation or Succession                                        
 5: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     48K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
16: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
17: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    140K 
18: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML     92K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     48K 
21: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     92K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity Consolidated      HTML     69K 
                Statements of Equity                                             
23: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity Consolidated      HTML     22K 
                Statements of Equity (Parenthetical)                             
24: R9          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     55K 
25: R10         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     57K 
26: R11         Investments and Other Assets                        HTML     37K 
27: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     45K 
28: R13         Retirement Plans                                    HTML     51K 
29: R14         Leases                                              HTML     42K 
30: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    106K 
31: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     57K 
32: R17         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     28K 
33: R18         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     44K 
34: R19         Other Matters                                       HTML     38K 
35: R20         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML     43K 
36: R21         Accounting Policies (Tables)                        HTML     41K 
37: R22         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     50K 
38: R23         Investments and Other Assets (Tables)               HTML     32K 
39: R24         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     44K 
40: R25         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML     49K 
41: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     37K 
42: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML    107K 
43: R28         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     55K 
44: R29         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     43K 
45: R30         Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)           HTML     31K 
46: R31         Accounting Policies - Revenue (Details)             HTML     32K 
47: R32         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Intangible   HTML     45K 
                Assets and Goodwill (Details)                                    
48: R33         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Additional   HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R34         Investments and Other Assets - Components of        HTML     34K 
                Investments and Other Assets (Details)                           
50: R35         Investments and Other Assets - Narrative (Details)  HTML     43K 
51: R36         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     60K 
52: R37         Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)                HTML     25K 
53: R38         Retirement Plans - Narrative (Details)              HTML     38K 
54: R39         Retirement Plans (Details)                          HTML     43K 
55: R40         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     56K 
56: R41         Leases - Lease Related Assets and Liabilities       HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R42         Leases - Future Rent Payments (Details)             HTML     39K 
58: R43         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Accumulated  HTML     49K 
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                               
59: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     38K 
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss (Details)                                     
60: R45         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     53K 
61: R46         Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     22K 
62: R47         Fair Value Measurement - Narrative (Details)        HTML     36K 
63: R48         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     45K 
64: R49         Other Matters - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     74K 
65: R9999       Uncategorized Items - tgna-20190630x10q.htm         HTML     22K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    112K 
15: XML         XBRL Instance -- tgna-20190630x10q_htm               XML   1.40M 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     64K 
11: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- tgna-20190630_cal               XML    205K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- tgna-20190630_def                XML    358K 
13: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- tgna-20190630_lab                     XML   1.17M 
14: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- tgna-20190630_pre              XML    654K 
10: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- tgna-20190630                         XSD    125K 
68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              270±   384K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000039899-19-000028-xbrl      Zip    465K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — tgna-20190630_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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