TYSONS, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) announced today that Kari Jacobs, president and general manager of WVEC in Norfolk, VA, has been promoted to the role of president and general manager of WTSP in Tampa-St. Petersburg. Jacobs joined WVEC in 2004 as a local sales manager. In 2011 she was named director of sales …
Women’s Forum of New York to Recognize TEGNA for 36 Percent Female Board Representation Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) will be honored by the Women’s Forum of New York at its Breakfast of Corporate Champions on November 7, 2019, which recognizes companies for achieving at least 30 percent female board representation. This benchmark …
Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of leading 24/7 multicast networks Justice Network and Quest from Cooper Media. TEGNA paid approximately $77 million in cash for the approximately 85 percent of the two networks it did not previously own, valuing Justice and Quest at …
Tysons, VA – The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) today announced that TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) has won 10 National Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in local journalism, the second consecutive year that TEGNA has won 10 awards. TEGNA stations received more National Murrow Awards than any other television broadcast group, with TEGNA …
Charitable Giving, Storytelling and Employee Volunteerism Aim to Address Pressing Needs Tysons, VA – The TEGNA Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), announced today it will award 106 community grants in its first-of-two rounds of annual community grantmaking for 2019. The grants are recommended by TEGNA’s local stations, which identify pressing …
TYSONS, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Dispatch Broadcast Group to acquire, for $535 million in cash, leading television stations WTHR, the NBC affiliate and the #1 rated station in Indianapolis, IN, and WBNS, the CBS affiliate and the #1 rated station in Columbus, …
Nearly 11 Million Television Households Across 11 Markets Covered in New Deal NEW YORK and TYSONS, Va. – June 6, 2019 – CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced a comprehensive, multi-year deal that renews station affiliation agreements for 11 TEGNA markets nationwide, including two top 10 markets – …
TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES to Premiere June 24, Followed by Summer 2019 Release of BARDSTOWN Tysons, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) today announced the launch of two new podcast projects by VAULT Studios, TEGNA’s in-house digital content studio offering high-quality storytelling from the company’s rich archive of investigative reports. VAULT projects pull from real-life cases …
TYSONS, VA – TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) will host its second quarter 2019 earnings conference call with financial analysts on Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The call will be accessible live to the media and general public via webcast and through a limited number of dial-in conference lines. TEGNA’s earnings announcement will …