The nameLocal News Service refers to a variety of news resource share services all started in 2008 and 2009. It sometimes does not refer to a specific sharing service but to the category in general. Typically, these services includepooling video crews to cover routine events and sharinghelicopters used for newsgathering.

For 2009, the biggest development for local TV was content pooling.^[1]

NBC-Fox partnerships are called Local News Service.^[2]

Since 2000, Fox News, ABC and CBS have been partners in a national news pool partnership.^[3]

In January 2009,NBC Local Media andFox Television Stations set up the first Local News Service with their Philadelphia stations after testing since the summer 2008. Fox and NBC then added other markets where they both own stations.^[4] In March, the first local news pool not formed by the NBC-Fox alliance was formed in Columbus, OH byMedia General'sWCMH-TV andSinclair Broadcast Group'sWSYX andWTTE.^[5] On April 1, Fox Stations entered into its first pooling agreements without NBC in Phoenix (KSAZ-TV) withScripps'KNXV-TV andMeredith'sKPHO-TV and in Detroit (WJBK) with Scripps'sWXYZ-TV.^[5] The Fox (WFLD)-NBC (WMAQ-TV) partnership on May 11 started its Chicago pool its first with outside members:Tribune'sWGN-TV andCBS'sWBBM-TV.^[6] On June 29, 2009, six weeks after the start of the Atlanta group,WGCL-TV exited the pool as they considered it restraining their ability to differentiation.^[1] The Orlando local news service launched July 16, 2009 is the first to include a local news cable channel,Central Florida News 13.^[7]

There is some concern that these agreements will cause local news coverage to be overly similar "or will enhance it." The involved stations claim that it will help the stations by allowing more specialized reporting by not tying up resourcing for routine events. Many of the stations involved have reduced news staff due to decreased advertising revenue. Fracturing audiences will continue the revenue decline and the need to continue to reduce costs. These partnerships are a natural solution along with outsourcing and other partnerships and content sharing to the revenue decline. However, the member stations may use the local news services as a reason for even more reduction in personnel.^[6] Others say that it will be difficult for rivals to work together.^[1]

a. Also share in an "aerial news footage partnership"h. Helicopter shares1. WANF, then called WGCL-TV, dropped out of the news share pool.^[1]

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