ABC 7 Denver 1554 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Frankly, as a techie, Tegna sounds like a security software service. It would be ironic if they kept "It's all within reach" because that's really not secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. They could always follow Gannett's lead and do an anagrammed name-Trash Broadcasting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4167 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. Is (Guy) Gannett Broadcasting still in operation? Or is the trademark active elsewhere, as in a license name for... IDK... a Nexstar or S!nclair station? That may be why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4167 Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 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. I was being sarcastic with my previous quote. Lord knows what is the purpose otherwise with squatting on trademarks like "Multimedia" et al for station license names. I'm pretty sure that an upstart broadcast firm titled Multimedia would pose little to no threat to the Death Star, after all, Multimedia Broadcasting has been defunct for two decades now. But that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroiter313 178 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What kind of crazy name is that???!! "Tegna"? Sounds too similar to "Jenga" if you ask me. Is (Guy) Gannett Broadcasting still in operation? Or is the trademark active elsewhere, as in a license name for... IDK... a Nexstar or S!nclair station? Guy Gannett Broadcasting has been acquired by Sinclair since 1998, except for WGGB and WOKR, which was sold to other owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3468 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 What kind of crazy name is that???!! "Tegna"? Sounds too similar to "Jenga" if you ask me. Guy Gannett Broadcasting has been acquired by Sinclair since 1998, except for WGGB and WOKR, which was sold to other owners. WGGB was kept by Sinclair until its sale to Gormally in 2007. Meredith now owns them. WOKR cycled through Ackerley, Clear Channel (which renamed it WHAM), Newport and now Sinclair runs them through sidecar Deerfield Media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 319 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 That just sounds awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1678 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 This could get interesting if they keep "It's all within reach......" Especially if you google Tenga then it's really all within reach. :party: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1150 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 That name is so stupid, it makes Syfy and Cloo look like a gift from God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDonP1 113 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Hello, everyone. I'm now to this page. Respectfully, I love the name Tegna, even though that name reminds me of the name of the villanious bird warriors--the Tenga Warriors--from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Oh, and Gannett's publishing arm will carry the Gannett name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndoTVNewsFan 88 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Maybe a little update about Tegna. Here's what happened if we visited : http://www.tegna.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I guess Tegna is keeping Gannett's colors, somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anyone know the date when the split will take place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-SA-TX 54 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anyone know the date when the split will take place? Just got an email that said June 8th...so next Monday-ish. Tentative, of course, so we'll have to wait and see. Still haven't received the new IDs yet, so there's that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Just got an email that said June 8th...so next Monday-ish. Tentative, of course, so we'll have to wait and see. Still haven't received the new IDs yet, so there's that too. June 8th?! That's roughly quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-SA-TX 54 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 June 8th?! That's roughly quick. I mayyyy have mis-read the email. Which explains several things. It said "in preparation of the company separation", sooo yeah. Oops. Just know the process is underway. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I mayyyy have mis-read the email. Which explains several things. It said "in preparation of the company separation", sooo yeah. Oops. Just know the process is underway. lol I'm confused. Does that mean that June 8th is the day that the split will start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'm confused. Does that mean that June 8th is the day that the split will start? I guess the June 8th (tentative) date is "probably" the beginning process of the transition to split. No telling how long the transitional phase is going to be. But I believe we'll be forewarned (via press release) when the spin-off/transition is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 802 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Questions; Does anybody feel that since with the takeover of Gannett they have cheapened former Belo stations with the graphic change and other changes that maybe Belo wouldn't have made? WWL-consider the older guard in the market with Gannett; it looks like the feel of Channel 4 not the same and would other former Belo station can you say the same thing? Does anybody feel that Gannett would refresh those graphics, and how long are those block graphic [As I like to call them] will be in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Questions; Does anybody feel that since with the takeover of Gannett they have cheapened former Belo stations with the graphic change and other changes that maybe Belo wouldn't have made? WWL-consider the older guard in the market with Gannett; it looks like the feel of Channel 4 not the same and would other former Belo station can you say the same thing? Does anybody feel that Gannett would refresh those graphics, and how long are those block graphic [As I like to call them] will be in place? I kind of feel how Gannett's buying out Belo cheapened the former Belo stations and the best example of that would be the King Broadcasting stations. Their graphics were mostly high quality, but when the USA Today blocks (as I'd sometimes call those graphics) rolled out, it was a drop in quality compared to the graphics before them. I could say the same thing about WFAA. Sure the opening cut is authoritative, but it uses it even in their morning newscasts. For those, I'd much rather they use the open that KYTX uses in its morning newscasts ( at :20). Considering the recent lower thirds update, I think the USA Today blocks will be around at least until 2016 or 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundershock MN 169 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I think the suspense may have been driving mardek1995 crazy. But, we now have a final separation date. Gannett announced today the split will officially take place on June 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I actually liked seeing them together with the news reports and the one cars.com ugliest cars report. BUT YOU KNOW LOW SUPPLY, MEANS CHEAP CHEAP PRICES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 The new TEGNA website just went live tonight, as the spin-off is now completed. EDIT: And the "New Gannett" also launched its new website as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Website banners have been updated: http://www.wcnc.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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