Twitter goes snark wild on Tegna name

When you name your company “Tegna” you’re all but asking for the snark to start on Twitter.

Here’s some of the best:

The letters in the company name had to reapply for their jobs, and apparently only some made the cut. http://t.co/M0qF7aJvUn

— nswartsell (@nswartsell) April 21, 2015

It's gonna take forever to update all my business cards. @Gannett #TEGNA pic.twitter.com/Vgm5pAhm2y

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) April 21, 2015

if you had "#TEGNA" for the new name of Gannett's broadcasting and digital operations, you totally won

— Mike Malone (@BCMikeMalone) April 21, 2015

#Tegna = Gannett backwards, minus the duplicate letters, and put the "G" in the center (so we remember our roots).

— Ellen Boynton (@KGWEllen) April 21, 2015

Gannett names its broadcast spinoff 'Tegna,' which I believe was a Japanese movie monster http://t.co/hVuuie3JJG

— David Lazarus (@Davidlaz) April 21, 2015

Being half serious, wasn't Tegna the name of fancy dandruff shampoo> @Downpuppy @nswartsell

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) April 21, 2015

Won't you help us reach our goal of wiping out Tegna by the year 2020? #CompaniesThatSoundLikeDiseases http://t.co/Qj5mB57vFc

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) April 21, 2015

Oh ok, I figured it out. #TEGNA is a powerful hallucinogen.

— Nadia Pflaum (@NadiaPflaum) April 21, 2015