Hear that "D'OH!!" echoing across the snowy hills of NW PDX? That would be WWeek, facepalming itself for co-sponsoring an Obama inauguration bash with the Democratic Party of Oregon:

Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. We have no specific problem with the DPO; it’s just not a group we should be in bed with.

Just got email from Humpy:

Just so you're the first-ish to know, Amy J. Ruiz is leaving us to work for Sam Adams. Yay for her, BOOOOO for us. Here's the deets.

Not really a surprise, but I'll be sad to see Amy leave the Merc. She was a large part of the more news-oriented focus there in recent years. Who's left reporting from City Hall? ANYone? I mean, besides the O?

Notice to non-media people who read this blog: Go to PDXInfo.net to give reports of weather closures and dangers. Don't email OMI. I am not a TV station, nor a radio station, nor a newspaper. I ain't nobody but a housewife with a web server. You guys would be amazed how much email I get that is really meant for a media outlet.

The PBJ has confirmed that longtime copy editor Denise Szott and columnist Phil Stanford have been let go from the Trib:

Stanford was one of the paper’s first hires, before the Tribune began publishing in 2001. He previously worked as an Oregonian columnist. Szott has effectively run the paper’s production and copy side for the last six years.

All Access reports this morning that CBS and Clear Channel are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic doing some station swapping. CC is giving CBS two Houston stations, and CBS is handing over five of its properties, including KXJM/Jammin' 107.5 and KLTH/K-Hits 106.7:

"This deal represents a financially advantageous opportunity for us to shed some of our mid-size market stations while expanding in a Top Ten market, which is our focus," said CBS CORPORATION Pres./CEO LES MOONVES

Here's a job lead for you radio peoples:

Small market radio group looking for experienced news reporter who wants to return to the days when radio was fun. Local ownership dedicated to strong local content. Award winning news department on the brink of expanding to top-notch web presence.

Submit aircheck and resume via email to: oregonradio@gmail.com.

Les Sarnoff's lung cancer has returned in what seems to be a fairly aggressive form; he's blogging about it at KINK.fm:

Byron Beck reports this morning that Portland Monthly associate editor Stacey Wilson is gone as of Friday afternoon.

Stacey is KPTV reporter Jamie Wilson's sister, btw. Sad to see journalism running in families like that... ;)

Good luck to Stacey. Hey Emerson, there's another for the laid-off noon news!

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