TEGNA Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

TEGNA's CEO is Dave Lougee, appointed in Jun 2017, has a tenure of 7.08 years. total yearly compensation is $10.97M, comprised of 8.9% salary and 91.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.36% of the company’s shares, worth $9.41M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 7.1 years and 6.6 years respectively.

Key information

Dave Lougee

Chief executive officer

US$11.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage8.9%
CEO tenure7.1yrs
CEO ownership0.4%
Management average tenure7.1yrs
Board average tenure6.6yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

TEGNA: A Declining Business Can Still Be A Good Stock

May 30

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.125

May 27
TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Is Increasing Its Dividend To $0.125

TEGNA Inc. Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

May 10
TEGNA Inc. Beat Analyst Estimates: See What The Consensus Is Forecasting For This Year

Here's Why TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Apr 18
Here's Why TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

TEGNA: Advancing Market Share In Broadcasting And Advertisement In 2024

Apr 03

TEGNA: Large Buyback Should Begin To Lift Shares In 2024

Jan 09

Why TEGNA Is A Buy Even As A Standalone Company

Oct 23

TEGNA: Despite Mixed Results, The Stock Is Undervalued

Aug 12

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.095

May 13
TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.095

With EPS Growth And More, TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Makes An Interesting Case

Mar 26
With EPS Growth And More, TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Makes An Interesting Case

TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.095

Feb 26
TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.095

Is TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Using Too Much Debt?

Feb 23
Is TEGNA (NYSE:TGNA) Using Too Much Debt?

TEGNA declares $0.095 dividend

Feb 22

Tegna extends declines on report sale may not close by February deadline

Jan 23

Tegna slips on reports White House to renominate Gigi Sohn for FCC

Jan 03

Standard Genera deal for Tegna gets request for comments from FCC

Dec 23

Tegna gains after buyer waves some contractual rights to appease regulators

Dec 16

Tegna gains on report Team Telecom may approve sale as early as this week

Nov 15

TEGNA Non-GAAP EPS of $0.65 misses by $0.08, revenue of $803.11M misses by $32.66M

Nov 09

Tegna stock drops on report on DOJ questions on Standard General deal

Nov 03

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Dave Lougee's remuneration changed compared to TEGNA's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$560m

Dec 31 2023US$11mUS$975k

US$475m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$618m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$668m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$600m

Dec 31 2022US$7mUS$975k

US$630m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$541m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$523m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$498m

Dec 31 2021US$7mUS$975k

US$477m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$592m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$595m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$508m

Dec 31 2020US$7mUS$916k

US$482m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$321m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$239m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$299m

Dec 31 2019US$6mUS$950k

US$286m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$363m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$408m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$420m

Dec 31 2018US$5mUS$950k

US$401m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$544m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$502m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$458m

Dec 31 2017US$5mUS$908k

US$448m

Compensation vs Market: Dave's total compensation ($USD10.97M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD6.67M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Dave's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.


CEO

Dave Lougee (65 yo)

7.1yrs

Tenure

US$10,965,633

Compensation

Mr. David T. Lougee, also known as Dave, had been the Chief Executive Officer, Director and President of TEGNA Inc. since June 1, 2017 until August 12, 2024. Mr. Lougee has been the President of Gannett Br...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
David Lougee
President7.1yrsUS$10.97m0.36%
$ 9.4m
Lauren Fisher
Senior VP & Chief Legal Officerless than a yearUS$1.58m0.00050%
$ 13.2k
Lynn Beall
Executive VP & COO of Media Operations7.1yrsUS$3.86m0.14%
$ 3.7m
Julie Heskett
Senior VP & CFOless than a yearno data0.031%
$ 825.5k
Kurt Rao
Senior VP & CTO6.3yrsno datano data
Anne Bentley
VP of Corporate Communications & Chief Communications Officer7.3yrsno datano data
Jeffery Newman
Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer7.3yrsno datano data
William Behan
Senior Vice President of Labor Relations14.3yrsno datano data
Howard Griffin
Senior Vice President of National Sales - USA Today Network13.7yrsno datano data
Tom Cox
Senior VP of Digital & Chief Growth Officerless than a yearno data0.077%
$ 2.0m
Brad Ramsey
Senior VP of Media Operations and President & GM of WFAA -Dallas/Fort Worth6.5yrsno datano data
Robert Sullivan
Senior Vice President of Programming9.3yrsno datano data

7.1yrs

Average Tenure

59.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: TGNA's management team is seasoned and experienced (7.1 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
David Lougee
President7.1yrsUS$10.97m0.36%
$ 9.4m
Howard Elias
Independent Chairman of the Board15.8yrsUS$753.33k0.0055%
$ 146.7k
Stuart Epstein
Independent Director6.4yrsUS$278.33k0.032%
$ 841.4k
Denmark West
Independent Directorno datano datano data
Henry McGee
Independent Director9.1yrsUS$290.00k0%
$ 0
Neal Shapiro
Independent Director16.8yrsUS$268.33k0.019%
$ 500.1k
Melinda Witmer
Independent Director6.6yrsUS$283.33k0.027%
$ 706.1k
Gina Bianchini
Independent Director6.4yrsUS$258.33k0.023%
$ 619.8k
Karen Grimes
Independent Director4.4yrsUS$258.33k0.020%
$ 530.6k
Catherine Dunleavy
Independent Directorno datano datano data
Scott McCune
Independent Director15.8yrsUS$290.00k0.047%
$ 1.2m

6.6yrs

Average Tenure

65yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: TGNA's board of directors are considered experienced (6.6 years average tenure).


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