Marvin Dillweed 74 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 The broadcast division gets a new name. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/04/21/gannett-changes-name-to-tegna/26127343/ http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/04/21/gannett-names-it-broadcast-spinoff-tegna-for-some-reason/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev57 46 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Am I the only one who thinks that's a terrible name? You accidentally flip the N and the G around in a Google search and you get a very different result... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 No, a lot of people think it's a bad name. Like I said in the Gannett general thread, it sounds like the sort of name a scandal-ridden insurance company would adopt after their scandal blew over. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2441 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 They should've kept Gannett as the name for Broadcasting and Digital with Tegna for Publishing because... Who will recognize Tegna? Probably nobody in the beginning. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 What kind of name is that? Rather rename the company to This Is Home, Inc. compared to this pile of crap. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4378 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Because it would be silly to reuse either the "Multimedia," "Combined" or "Pacific and Southern" names. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Because it would be silly to reuse either the "Multimedia," "Combined" or "Pacific and Southern" names. Or even Belo in this case.... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneManHerd 553 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 829 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Who the f*** came up with that bogus name? I mean there many names under that company umbrella they could go by. USA Today digital news service Inc Gannett Media Holdings Inc, Gannett Television Broadcasting Gannett Services Gannett Digital Media All the stations in the company could be; WXIA-TV copyright 2015 a division of Gannett Television Anything but Tegna which sounds like a car that Toyota will debut in 2017. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3953 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Why is the television company getting the crappy name? Conventional logic and other deals have stuck the new name on the sinking ship that is their print division. At least in the selloff of the Washington Post, the family owner name "Graham" was kept for the remaining holdings. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bixpchiphead 105 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I would have chosen Neuharth Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 The Excellent Gannett Never Avenges? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hell, they could've used Sander Media. Tegna sounds like one of those ED pills. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3953 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 If you think about it, the name "Multimedia" was way ahead of its time. They disappeared into Gannett just as the World Wide Web was creeping into our lives. Seeing as how diversified the industry has become between interactive and traditional media...it makes sense. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
William1111 41 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tegna sounds like the Sega knockoffs found on ebay and Chinese stores... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevCor 344 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 How Gannett thinks: "Just wait until the words Tegna are plastered all over every TV station. You will assimilate" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Dumbest name ever. Sounds like a new card game from Hasbro, not a broadcast company. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4378 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Tegna sounds like one of those ED pills. Transpose the N and G in a Google search, and the results aren't that far off. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
News 9 Viewer 100 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 When I heard that Tegna would be the new name, the first thing that jumped to my mind was this ad for a certain feminine hygeine product. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnuts6 91 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 What the Tegna end cap might look like Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 292 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I was thinking it was the name of a new Ford model, "Now with better fuel economy and better infotainment system!" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3953 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 This could get interesting if they keep "It's all within reach......" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1717 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 This could get interesting if they keep "It's all within reach......" Only if you flip the G and N. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Because it would be silly to reuse either the "Multimedia," "Combined" or "Pacific and Southern" names. Or even Belo in this case.... It's actually not as silly as y'all might think. Sometimes it makes sense. For example, if Hearst Corp. were to split, its digital media arm would be called "Argyle Television Holdings III" as there have already been 2 predecessor companies of Hearst by nearly the same name. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Why can't they just called it Gannett Broadcasting Company or Gannett Media Group instead of Tegna. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/14373-gannett-spinoff-to-be-named-tegna/#findComment-127481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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