Tegna Inc.
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Tegna Inc. is a major American media company that owns and operates numerous local television stations and digital media properties across the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tegna Inc. canonical | 6 |
| Tegna Broadcast Holdings, LLC | 2 |
| Tegna License LLC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9593246 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tegna Inc. Context triple: [WLBZ, owner, Tegna Inc.]
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A.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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B.
Nexstar Media Group
Nexstar Media Group is a major American media company and the largest owner of local television stations in the United States.
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C.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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D.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
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E.
Taft Broadcasting
Taft Broadcasting was a major American media conglomerate that owned television and radio stations, produced syndicated programming and cartoons, and operated several amusement parks during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tegna Inc. Target entity description: Tegna Inc. is a major American media company that owns and operates numerous local television stations and digital media properties across the United States.
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A.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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B.
Nexstar Media Group
Nexstar Media Group is a major American media company and the largest owner of local television stations in the United States.
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C.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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D.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
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E.
Taft Broadcasting
Taft Broadcasting was a major American media conglomerate that owned television and radio stations, produced syndicated programming and cartoons, and operated several amusement parks during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcasting company
ⓘ
media company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| compliesWith | FCC broadcast regulations ⓘ |
| contentFormat |
digital video
ⓘ
linear television programming ⓘ online news articles ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
community-focused programming
ⓘ
local news ⓘ sports coverage ⓘ weather coverage ⓘ |
| formerName |
Gannett Co., Inc. (broadcast and digital segment)
ⓘ
linked to:
Gannett
|
| foundedBy |
Gannett Co., Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Gannett
|
| hasAudienceScope | local and regional ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
advertising-supported media
ⓘ
digital advertising ⓘ retransmission consent fees ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
cable and satellite carriage
ⓘ
digital and mobile platforms ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
online
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| headquartersCity | Tysons ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| headquartersLocation | Tysons, Virginia ⓘ |
| headquartersState | Virginia ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
digital media ⓘ television ⓘ |
| isListedAs | TGNA on NYSE ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | U.S. media industry analyses ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| operates |
digital media platforms
ⓘ
local television stations ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | corporate spin-off of Gannett Co., Inc. ⓘ |
| owns |
digital media properties in the United States
ⓘ
local television stations in the United States ⓘ |
| primaryBusiness |
digital content distribution
ⓘ
local television broadcasting ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Communications Commission
|
| sector | communication services ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsector | broadcasting – TV ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | TGNA ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tegna Inc. Description of subject: Tegna Inc. is a major American media company that owns and operates numerous local television stations and digital media properties across the United States.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.