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Retirement Plans | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 28, 2015
Retirement Plans |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Retirement plans | Retirement plans We, along with our subsidiaries, have various retirement plans, including plans established under collective bargaining agreements. Our retirement plan costs include costs for qualified and nonqualified plans and are presented in the following table:
In thousands | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Twenty-six Weeks Ended
| Jun. 28, 2015 |  | Jun. 29, 2014 |  | Jun. 28, 2015 |  | Jun. 29, 2014
Service cost-benefits earned during the period | $ | 1,340 |  |  | $ | 877 |  |  | $ | 2,674 |  |  | $ | 2,708 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation | 38,462 |  |  | 42,372 |  |  | 76,789 |  |  | 84,738 |
Expected return on plan assets | (56,252 | ) |  | (59,174 | ) |  | (112,321 | ) |  | (117,748 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | 1,882 |  |  | 1,901 |  |  | 3,764 |  |  | 3,783 |
Amortization of actuarial loss | 15,313 |  |  | 11,674 |  |  | 30,608 |  |  | 22,901 |
Expense (credit) for company-sponsored retirement plans | $ | 745 |  |  | $ | (2,350 | ) |  | $ | 1,514 |  |  | $ | (3,618 | )
For the twenty-six weeks ended June 28, 2015, we contributed $112.0 million to our principal retirement plan and $5.8 million (£3.8 million) to the Newsquest Pension Scheme in the U.K. Included in the $112.0 million contribution to our principal retirement plan was a voluntary contribution of $100.0 million. TEGNA has no required contributions to any of its principal pension plans for the remainder of 2015.

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