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KPTV ND Patrick McCreery is now Station Manager for the KPTV/KPDX duopoly. From the press release:

"This promotion is in recognition of Patrick's significant contributions to the performance of KPTV," said Kieran Clarke, Vice President and General Manager of KPTV/KPDX. "Over the past five years, Patrick has demonstrated a superior ability to build a winning news team. He is always focused on a winning strategy."

McCreery will oversee numerous station functions for the Portland properties including KPTV FOX-12, KPTV.com, KPDX MYN-49, KPDX.com, and LivePDX.com. Newsroom management will report to him. McCreery will report directly to Clarke.

Also at KPTV, to quiet the person in another thread, Greg Flock has been promoted from general sales manager to director of sales.

Update: Aaaand, not long after, he was shown the door. No one seems to know why, but apparently it was quite abrupt. Apologies for not having the second half of the story, guys.

Update 2: Apparently it's not clear from what I posted: Patrick is still the ND, guys. He's ND *and* Station Manager now, though I can't imagine that there won't be someone taking over some of his ND functions now. Maybe he doesn't sleep much, who knows.

According to Nielsen Online, OLive's unique audience jumped 63% from March to April, placing it in the top 30 newspaper websites in the nation in April.

A few weeks ago, it was reported that the Oregonian's circulation was down. Coincidence?