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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-107921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000039899"
company_name: "TEGNA INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T03:47:13.587232+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TEGNA EVP/COO Lynn Beall to depart mid-2025; position eliminated in restructuring

## Summary
- Lynn Beall, EVP/COO, will depart by August 31, 2025; role eliminated as part of operational restructuring.
- Beall receives current salary and 2024/2025 bonus eligibility; equity awards vest during advisory period.
- Beall joined TEGNA in 1988, oversaw 64 stations, news strategy, retransmission and affiliate relations.
- CEO Mike Steib thanked Beall for her leadership; transition period ensures orderly wind-down.
- Beall will serve as EVP/COO or Senior Advisor until departure date or earlier termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-107921
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000039899
- company_name: TEGNA INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000095017024107921/0000950170-24-107921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000095017024107921/tgna-20240916.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-107921.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynn Beall was terminated as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Media Operations at TEGNA INC.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Media Operations
  source text: On September 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of TEGNA Inc. (the “Company”) determined that, in connection with a restructuring of the Company's operations, the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Media Operations of the Company (“EVP/COO”) will be eliminated, which will result in the termination of employment without cause of Lynn Beall.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/39899/000095017024107921/0000950170-24-107921-index.htm

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