Oregon Media Insiders

The Oregonian's circulation is down 8.5 percent to 283,321.

USA Today and The Wall Street Journal are the only papers showing gains compared to the same time period a year ago.

[Thanks, was just coming in here to post this myself--L]

Update from Lynn: A commenter points out that while the O's numbers are going down, the Bend Bulletin's numbers have actually gone up 1.79%.

So there's a big football game in Eugene Saturday and everyone is clambering to cover it.

Sooooo.... it looks like both FSN and ESPN will have the game in Oregon. OSN, providing the ESPN feed, will "distribute the game in the state of Oregon" in addition to the FSN Northwest 'cast? I guess so. I don't think OSN would get blacked out for the FSN feed. OSN had the rights first.

Comcast has a website ready for CSN Northwest. The big site indicates all the coverage. Looks like it's staying pretty Portland centered with lost of school coverage.

What's this mountain in the logo, though?

The Today Show has extended to four hours. So now it's only Regis and Kelly before the news at noon.

Let's speculate (and hope from some real inside wisdom).

There are a couple of things still unclear about this whole new network thing:

Programming: Blazers yes. Who else? Portland State? Univ. Portland? HS sports? What kind of OSU and U of O coverage will CSN have? What about "News" shows? Both morning and evening shows have been mentioned.

Studio: Rose Garden? ASCN's old place? A new one?

Talent: We now know that Pivo's out. Will the regular Blazer crew return? Anyone new?

Availability: Comcast, yes. Satellite, if you have the right one. What about in Bend with Bend Broadband? Eugene and the upper valley with Charter? What about Quest?

24 HOURS!!: There're only 82 Blazer games. What about in the summer? 3pm in the afternoon? Will we see Canzano's KXL show?

OPB teased a story this morning about KOIN’s weekly Providence sponsored health segments. They said that "some of the reports feature Providence doctors and experts."
Is this news? We’ve talked about this before….
Says they’ll have a story on Oregon Considered today.
Disclosure of sponsor plus using them in the story?

Update and bump from Lynn: Here's the OPB story, by Colin Fogarty. Pretty much reiterates what many have already discussed here, but does a more thorough job of it. The part that stood out, though, didn't involve KOIN:

KPTV Channel 12 also has a sales agreement with Providence. News director Patrick McCreary says because of that the station will call Providence for a medical story.

He says he regularly consults with KPTV's sales department for advice on whom to quote.

Nonetheless, McCreary says KPTV's news is not for sale.

*open mouth*

*close mouth*

In a deal dropping FSN, the Trail Blazers will be the featured team on Comcast’s new SportsNet Northwest. Like SNY in New York City, and similar stations in Sacramento, Philadelphia and Chicago, Comcast SportsNet will concentrate on area sports, in a 24-hour format.

Sides say talks broke down between Fox and the Blazers. Fox says the team was asking too much, especially after a dismal year.
Is this another ASCN? I don’t think so. Comcast has proved this can work in other markets.

This leaves FSN alone in Seattle (they could change their name to “FSN Seattle

When will Portland really make the switch? Not like KOIN, but with full HD everything. It’s only a matter of time. Forty-Five stations already have.

Yup, looks like KPTV is looking for a Floor Director on Craigslist. But the spot isn't listed on their website.
Finding good people from Craigslist? Why not advertise on your own site?

Tagged at the end of "Breaking News" of the Anna Nicole Smith trial, KGW announces "Programming note: KGW Sunrise starts at 4:30 a.m."

I guess they did copy KPTV here.

[Lynn adds: Is this a permanent change, or is it in response to the possibility of overnight bad weather?]