MOLINE, IL –  Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group has signed with TownNews for the content and video management of 17 television stations. Meredith's television group, based in Des Moines, IA, reaches more than 11 percent of U.S. households, with seven stations in the nation's Top 25 markets—including Atlanta, Phoenix, St. Louis and Portland—and 13 in the Top 50.