January 29, 2020
Via E-mail

Warren S. de Wied, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004


       Re:     TEGNA Inc.
               Soliciting Materials filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
               Filed January 15 and 16, 2020 by Standard General L.P., Standard
General
                  Master Fund L.P., Soohyung Kim, Colleen B. Brown, Ellen
McClain
                  Haime, Deborah McDermott, Stephen Usher, David Glazek, and
Michael
                  Perrone
               File No. 001-06961

Dear Mr. de Wied:

       We have reviewed the above-captioned filings and have the following
comments.

       Please respond to this letter by amending the referenced filings and/or
by providing the
requested information. After reviewing any amendment to the filings and any
information
provided in response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

       If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and
circumstances, and/or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in a written response.

1. Refer to your statement that Standard General L.P. and its nominees have
"demonstrated our
   commitment by making an investment that is approximately 20 times that of
the current
   board and management combined." In future filings, please revise your
disclosure to clarify
   that three of your nominees do not own any shares of TEGNA. Additionally,
address how
   the ownership, or lack thereof, of TEGNA shares by your individual nominees
will affect the
   alignment of interests of those nominees with current TEGNA shareholders.

2. Each statement or assertion of opinion or belief must be clearly
characterized as such, and a
   reasonable factual basis must exist for each such opinion or belief. Support
for opinions or
   beliefs should be self-evident, disclosed in the proxy statement or provided
to the staff on a
   supplemental basis. Provide support for your disclosure that the company
board has "a
   questionable M&A strategy" and that the company has "excessive leverage."

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 Warren S. de Wied, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
January 29, 2020
Page 2

        We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of
their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of
action by the staff.

      Please direct any questions to me at (202) 551-7951. You may also contact
Daniel
Duchovny, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3619.


                                                            Sincerely,

                                                            /s/ Joshua Shainess

                                                            Joshua Shainess
                                                            Special Counsel
                                                            Office of Mergers
and Acquisitions