Meredith's CBS Atlanta Affil. Out of Video-Sharing Pool

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WGCL, Meredith Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate in Atlanta, has decided to jump out the video content pool. Since May, the Meredith station had been testing the concept of a local news service with WAGA, Fox Television’s owned-and-operated station and WXIA, Gannett’s NBC affiliate.

Video-content sharing cooperatives to handle commonly covered and routine stories have been sweeping local TV as a way to save money and resources. But for WGCL, the collaborative effort was more stifling than liberating.

“It

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