Iraq Pool Plan “Off The Table” For Now

By Brian 

TV network reps have discussed a plan to “pool coverage in Iraq so that each network wouldn’t have to fully staff a bureau” in Baghdad. But that plan is “off the table for the time,” THR’s Paul Gough reports.

More: ABC senior VP Paul Slavin “said the discussions have been extensive but everyone is still going to go it on their own, though some footage is pooled already. Friedman said that the pool discussions seem to be off for the most part.”

Slavin says “they break down over really complicated issues over who will do what and how it will be split up…”

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