Tegna Inc.

Tegna Inc. (stylized in all caps as TEGNA) is an American broadcast, digital media and marketing services company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group. It was created on June 29, 2015, when the Gannett Company split into two publicly traded companies. Tegna comprised the more profitable broadcast television and digital media divisions of the old Gannett, while Gannett's publishing interests were spun off as a "new" company which retained the Gannett name (later renamed USA Today Co.). Tegna operates 64 local television stations in 51 U.S. markets, as well as digital media properties. In terms of audience reach, Tegna was the largest group owner of NBC-affiliated stations, ahead of Hearst Television and Sinclair Broadcast Group. Tegna was the fourth-largest group owner of ABC affiliates, behind Hearst, the E. W. Scripps Company, and Sinclair. Tegna also owned two digital multicast networks (True Crime Network and Quest). On March 19, 2026, the DOJ and FCC approved Tegna's merger with Nexstar Media Group for $6.2 billion, with the merger closing 15 minutes later. The approval came one day after two antitrust lawsuits against the merger were filed, one from California alongside seven other states, and the other from DirecTV. A temporary restraining order was granted to halt the integration of Tegna's operations into Nexstar, which was escalated to a preliminary injunction, pending further resolution of the legal dispute.