Oregon Media Insiders

Staffing at the 12 has to be beefed up... they are doing way too much with too few people. See their reporters make multiple "appearances" and you can only imagine what's going on behind the scenes.. BUT here's one thing I really worry about. Belo is in big trouble right now. Big trouble. I think the stock price is around 10 bucks and hit a 52 week low earlier this month. There have been lots of layoffs at the Belo station in Phoenix and I worry, those layoffs could spread. True, Phoenix is a different ballgame than Portland as that station is run as an indy, but I think it's no secret Belo's CEO wants to trim the payroll. I hope I'm wrong.. but this economy is pretty crazy right now. So if I'm at a station that is bone thin, maybe the consolation is that there is nowhere to cut. Like I said, I hope I'm wrong and that Portland's economy.. slow to rise, slow to fall will prevail.