---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000898822-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000039899"
company_name: "TEGNA INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:45:41.225532+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TEGNA names Michael Steib as President & CEO to succeed David Lougee effective Aug 12, 2024

## Summary
- Michael Steib (former CEO of Artsy) appointed President, CEO and director effective Aug 12, 2024, succeeding David Lougee.
- David Lougee to retire as CEO, become Senior Advisor; $550K annual base salary during advisory period through Aug 2025.
- Steib's compensation: $1M base, 150% target bonus, $4M RSU + $2M PSU grants, target LTI of 550% of base from 2025.
- Board expanded to 11; new independent directors Catherine Dunleavy (former President, Away) and Denmark West (Alphabet's X) as of July 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000898822-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000039899
- company_name: TEGNA INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/0000898822-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/tgna8k61924.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denmark West was appointed as Director at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed each of Catherine Dunleavy and Denmark West to the Board, to serve until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/0000898822-24-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Catherine Dunleavy was appointed as Director at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed each of Catherine Dunleavy and Denmark West to the Board, to serve until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/0000898822-24-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Steib was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Michael Steib as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of August 12, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/0000898822-24-000003-index.htm
- Executive change
  David T. Lougee changed role as Senior Advisor at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: Senior Advisor
  source text: Mr. Lougee will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer and assume the position of Senior Advisor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000089882224000003/0000898822-24-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.