On April 1, 2009, the E. W. Scripps Company and Fox Television Stations announced the formation of the Local News Service model among stations owned by the two station groups in the Phoenix, Detroit, and Tampa markets. The service allows the pooling of news-gathering efforts for local news events and each station provides employees to the pool service in exchange for the sharing of the video. Meredith Corporation-owned CBS affiliate KPHO-TV eventually joined the Phoenix LNS agreement shortly after the announcement.