Gannett spins off TV, digital arm with new name, Tegna

The name is an anagram of ‘Gannett,’ minus the doubled letters.

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Media company Gannett is spinning off its publishing business, and it has a brand new name for the division: Tegna.

They called it Tegna.

It’s an anagram of Gannett (without the second “n” or the last “t”), and a play on the company’s stock-exchange ticker symbol, TGNA.

Tegna will run several of Gannett’s media operations, including TV stations, Cars.com and CareerBuilder.com, among others. Newspapers including USA Today will remain under the Gannett banner.

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