Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) announced today that Bill Dallman has been named president and general manager of KARE 11, the NBC affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, effective June 1, 2021. Dallman is replacing John Remes, who retired at the end of 2020. Carolyn Mungo, vice president and station manager at WFAA in Dallas, …
Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced that it has received a perfect score on the 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and has been designated a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality for the fifth consecutive year. The CEI is administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is the premier benchmarking …
Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) announced today that it has acquired Locked On Podcast Network (https://lockedonpodcasts.com), the leading and innovative podcast network for local sports. Locked On produces daily shows for every team across the four major professional sports leagues, as well as more than 30 college sports programs. Locked On will expand …
Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced it is expanding VERIFY to help combat disinformation, and has named Jonathan Forsythe managing editor responsible for leading VERIFY’s editorial growth across all platforms. Since its creation in 2015, TEGNA stations’ VERIFY reporting has fought misinformation and disinformation and helped viewers and users distinguish between true …
Partnership enables enhanced, automated access for media buyers to Premion’s CTV/OTT ad platform. Tysons, VA and New York, NY – Today, TEGNA, Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and FreeWheel, a Comcast Company (Nasdaq: CMCSA), announced a new multi-year deal to further transform and automate the way TEGNA’s buyers and sellers transact, including through CTV/OTT advertising platform Premion. …
Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full-year 2020 earnings results on Monday, March 1, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. (ET). TEGNA’s earnings announcement will be released to news outlets and wire services before the market opens on March 1. Materials related to the call …
Tysons, VA and New York – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and NBC today announced a comprehensive, multi-year deal that renews station affiliation agreements for 20 TEGNA markets nationwide, including 10 of the top 25 markets for NBC. The 20 markets renewed cover 17 percent of the U.S. audience and nearly 21 million households. TEGNA is …
Multi-Year Deal Covers 64 TEGNA-Owned Stations in 51 Nielsen Designated Markets Across DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse Video Services TYSONS, VA and DALLAS TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have entered into a new multi-year retransmission consent agreement to provide TEGNA-owned local broadcast stations to customers of AT&T’s video platforms across the country. …
Tysons, VA – The TEGNA Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), in partnership with location stations, today announced it is awarding 170 Community Grants in 48 markets to address COVID-19 relief, social justice initiatives and other pressing community needs. A summary of the TEGNA Foundation’s 2020 Community Grant awards totaling $1.85 …