Jason Notte
@notteham.bsky.social
Sports Marketing Reporter at Adweek, looking at where brands, media, sports, and entertainment intersect and occasionally meeting them on and off the field/court. Find me here: https://www.adweek.com/contributor/jason-notte/
Loving Michael Russell's roundup of the new Italian places in Portland for @oregonian.com . Does throw around the "Red Sauce" slur with impunity, but takes its cues from Montelupo's ownership... who built it right into the name of the Sellwood place. www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
Portland has a shocking number of new Italian restaurants. What we learned after trying them all
Portlanders can’t seem to get enough Italian — or Italian American, to be specific.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Loving Michael Russell's roundup of the new Italian places in Portland for @oregonian.com . Does throw around the "Red Sauce" slur with impunity, but takes its cues from Montelupo's ownership... who built it right into the name of the Sellwood place. www.oregonlive.com/dining/2025/...
Best read of the day, by @wmstevenhumphrey.bsky.social . The @portlandmercury.com kept receipts on those who tossed up billboards telling people how shit Portland was and the "former alt weeklies" who had ex-WaPo and Bloomberg writers endorse them. www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2025...
Wm. Steven Humphrey's Adventures in Newspapering
[What follows is one of the many merry articles in the Mercury's Winter Guide 2025. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous this holiday seas...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Best read of the day, by @wmstevenhumphrey.bsky.social . The @portlandmercury.com kept receipts on those who tossed up billboards telling people how shit Portland was and the "former alt weeklies" who had ex-WaPo and Bloomberg writers endorse them. www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2025...
It is Nov. 4. If you're still actively complaining about how your bowl of full candy bars was taken from your porch by a kid you saw on a Ring camera, let's just accept that the bowl—and likely your story—are bait. It costs so much less to just turn the light off.
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It is Nov. 4. If you're still actively complaining about how your bowl of full candy bars was taken from your porch by a kid you saw on a Ring camera, let's just accept that the bowl—and likely your story—are bait. It costs so much less to just turn the light off.
Functionally the end of linear MTV. The sheer amount of real estate this show took up on the channel during the last, ugly days of cable was overwhelming: www.mtv.com/tv-schedule/...
MTV has cancelled "Ridiculousness" after 14 years and 46 seasons.
Read more here: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Read more here: variety.com/2025/tv/news...
October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Functionally the end of linear MTV. The sheer amount of real estate this show took up on the channel during the last, ugly days of cable was overwhelming: www.mtv.com/tv-schedule/...
Just Born will send all of the Mike and Ike's and Peeps it can to the western states. I'm convinced Goldenberg's Peanut Chews don't make it past Ohio.
Kids walking by the Kruse house on Halloween:
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just Born will send all of the Mike and Ike's and Peeps it can to the western states. I'm convinced Goldenberg's Peanut Chews don't make it past Ohio.
Listen, if Portland is going to start making friends in certain places who run certain celebrity gambling rings, it's going to have to drop its use of "red-sauce Italian." It's not just pejorative, it's reductive and ignorant. In this case, the writer didn't use it: www.facebook.com/PortlandBizJ...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Listen, if Portland is going to start making friends in certain places who run certain celebrity gambling rings, it's going to have to drop its use of "red-sauce Italian." It's not just pejorative, it's reductive and ignorant. In this case, the writer didn't use it: www.facebook.com/PortlandBizJ...
A McMenamins out here had chicken parm and calzone as its menu specials last night...
Hey listen, all I'm saying is @eater.bsky.social , @bridgetownbites.bsky.social , Portland Monthly and Mike Russell at @oregonian.com have all noticed the uptick in quality Italian-American eateries in this town of late. The pizza has been on a steady ascent. Not saying it's related, but...
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A McMenamins out here had chicken parm and calzone as its menu specials last night...
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Last, but not least, I published an essay on Substack, "The Absurdity," about living in Portland and grappling with our doppelganger — what I call "Internet Portland." leahsottile.substack.com/p/64-the-abs...
64. The Absurdity
There are two Portland, Oregons. I live in the real one.
leahsottile.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Last, but not least, I published an essay on Substack, "The Absurdity," about living in Portland and grappling with our doppelganger — what I call "Internet Portland." leahsottile.substack.com/p/64-the-abs...
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The author of this article continuously attacked the teacher’s union during their strike.
FWIW, most of the city had tons of city pride while right wing PACs, politicians, and media outlets were trying to get us to hate Portland so rich people could get tax cuts.
FWIW, most of the city had tons of city pride while right wing PACs, politicians, and media outlets were trying to get us to hate Portland so rich people could get tax cuts.
In a Portland under presidential provocation, civic pride makes a comeback
With national headlines celebrating the city's exportable brand of 'tactical whimsy,' Portland is shaking off its post-pandemic doldrums.
www.oregonlive.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The author of this article continuously attacked the teacher’s union during their strike.
FWIW, most of the city had tons of city pride while right wing PACs, politicians, and media outlets were trying to get us to hate Portland so rich people could get tax cuts.
FWIW, most of the city had tons of city pride while right wing PACs, politicians, and media outlets were trying to get us to hate Portland so rich people could get tax cuts.
Related: The Portland Underground Tour is THE worst.
People being surprised the mob is still around and active in places like Portland, I don’t know what to tell you. It’s infamous for having an underground crime scene
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Related: The Portland Underground Tour is THE worst.
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They sent the feds into Portland and they've only been able to get Chauncey Billups 😭😭
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
They sent the feds into Portland and they've only been able to get Chauncey Billups 😭😭
Hey listen, all I'm saying is @eater.bsky.social , @bridgetownbites.bsky.social , Portland Monthly and Mike Russell at @oregonian.com have all noticed the uptick in quality Italian-American eateries in this town of late. The pizza has been on a steady ascent. Not saying it's related, but...
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey listen, all I'm saying is @eater.bsky.social , @bridgetownbites.bsky.social , Portland Monthly and Mike Russell at @oregonian.com have all noticed the uptick in quality Italian-American eateries in this town of late. The pizza has been on a steady ascent. Not saying it's related, but...
With the World Series upon us, it's time to acknowledge baseball's true heroes: Shout out to Beulahland in Portland for putting the ALCS games on in a side room for Mariners fans, but keeping the projector in the main bar off and all but one TV silent. #baseballtown
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
With the World Series upon us, it's time to acknowledge baseball's true heroes: Shout out to Beulahland in Portland for putting the ALCS games on in a side room for Mariners fans, but keeping the projector in the main bar off and all but one TV silent. #baseballtown
A couple of ways to write about the Portland Fire's teased coaching hire. Here's one by @frontofficesports.bsky.social @anniecostabile.bsky.social :
The Portland Fire prematurely announced NBA assistant Alex Sarama as the franchise's head coach on LinkedIn Tuesday AM.
Multiple sources told me that while a contract has not yet been finalized, Sarama is expected to be announced in the coming days.
frontofficesports.com/portland-fir...
Multiple sources told me that while a contract has not yet been finalized, Sarama is expected to be announced in the coming days.
frontofficesports.com/portland-fir...
WNBA’s Fire Prematurely Announce Head Coach Hire on LinkedIn
Multiple league sources confirmed to FOS that the Fire plan to announce Alex Sarama as head coach in the coming days.
frontofficesports.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A couple of ways to write about the Portland Fire's teased coaching hire. Here's one by @frontofficesports.bsky.social @anniecostabile.bsky.social :
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Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism.
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Do you like Huey Lewis and The News? Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism.
Portland has just enough NE here to fuel demand for pizza and bagels and make business owners spend years honing the craft. However, there aren't enough expats here to make or break a place. If you're making Italian beef, brats, or tavern pies, however, Chicagoland folks determine your fate.
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Portland has just enough NE here to fuel demand for pizza and bagels and make business owners spend years honing the craft. However, there aren't enough expats here to make or break a place. If you're making Italian beef, brats, or tavern pies, however, Chicagoland folks determine your fate.
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Ummm what is going on at OPB?
You’re gonna both-sides this serious issue and use sources WHO DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE???
Please tell me I’m missing something.
You’re gonna both-sides this serious issue and use sources WHO DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE???
Please tell me I’m missing something.
While some Oregonians seethe over President Trump's announced deployment of the National Guard in Portland, others believe the city needs it. They say homelessness and crime has worn the bloom off the Rose City, and federal intervention is needed.
‘Now we’re pig slop:’ Portland troop deployment sparks mixed reactions across Oregon
As Portland fights against troops, some outsiders welcome an intervention.
www.opb.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ummm what is going on at OPB?
You’re gonna both-sides this serious issue and use sources WHO DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE???
Please tell me I’m missing something.
You’re gonna both-sides this serious issue and use sources WHO DON’T EVEN LIVE HERE???
Please tell me I’m missing something.
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Can you imagine OPB, or any other media outlet really, publishing an article where random people in Portland offer their opinions on, say, Roseburg or Springfield?
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Can you imagine OPB, or any other media outlet really, publishing an article where random people in Portland offer their opinions on, say, Roseburg or Springfield?
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Irresponsible reporting. "Let's ask these rural, blatantly conservative residents, all over the age of 55 and some living hundreds of miles from Portland, what they think!"
While some Oregonians seethe over President Trump's announced deployment of the National Guard in Portland, others believe the city needs it. They say homelessness and crime has worn the bloom off the Rose City, and federal intervention is needed.
‘Now we’re pig slop:’ Portland troop deployment sparks mixed reactions across Oregon
As Portland fights against troops, some outsiders welcome an intervention.
www.opb.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Irresponsible reporting. "Let's ask these rural, blatantly conservative residents, all over the age of 55 and some living hundreds of miles from Portland, what they think!"
Good to see RAJ Sports making noise in the Trail Blazers sale negotiations. With the initial discussion around new Blazers ownership and a potential new arena treating the WNBA's Fire like a nonentity, it's a reminder that the Blazers won't be the only tenant of a building they no longer own.
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Good to see RAJ Sports making noise in the Trail Blazers sale negotiations. With the initial discussion around new Blazers ownership and a potential new arena treating the WNBA's Fire like a nonentity, it's a reminder that the Blazers won't be the only tenant of a building they no longer own.
Again, when discussing the future of the Moda Center, it would be nice if Portland's alleged outlet of record would acknowledge that there are two tenants with deep-pocketed ownership who'd likely want a say in it: www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...
Trail Blazers have dream plans for revamped Moda Center. Will a new owner use them?
The Blazers front office has spent years readying a menu of renovation options to modernize the aging Rose Quarter arena.
www.oregonlive.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Again, when discussing the future of the Moda Center, it would be nice if Portland's alleged outlet of record would acknowledge that there are two tenants with deep-pocketed ownership who'd likely want a say in it: www.oregonlive.com/blazers/2025...
PDX to international departures: Hey, look at that gorgeous ceiling and all of these bars and restaurants!
PDX to international arrivals: Welcome to a customs trailer we borrowed from Utqiagvik, Alaska. We hope you like 2 open kiosks and a bus that drops you by a dumpster outside baggage claim.
PDX to international arrivals: Welcome to a customs trailer we borrowed from Utqiagvik, Alaska. We hope you like 2 open kiosks and a bus that drops you by a dumpster outside baggage claim.
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
PDX to international departures: Hey, look at that gorgeous ceiling and all of these bars and restaurants!
PDX to international arrivals: Welcome to a customs trailer we borrowed from Utqiagvik, Alaska. We hope you like 2 open kiosks and a bus that drops you by a dumpster outside baggage claim.
PDX to international arrivals: Welcome to a customs trailer we borrowed from Utqiagvik, Alaska. We hope you like 2 open kiosks and a bus that drops you by a dumpster outside baggage claim.
Flagging this: "Dundon's group plans to discuss a public-private partnership for an arena deal with the city and state, sources told ESPN." Just going to imagine that theirs wouldn't be the only voice in that arena discussion.
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Flagging this: "Dundon's group plans to discuss a public-private partnership for an arena deal with the city and state, sources told ESPN." Just going to imagine that theirs wouldn't be the only voice in that arena discussion.
An @adweek.bsky.social exclusive: This morning, WNBA Portland brought back the Portland Fire brand, making it far more about Portland than fire. With help from Portland's Adopt, it built Mount Hood into its monogram, bridges into its letters, and the @modacenter.bsky.social into its "Rose on Fire."
July 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
An @adweek.bsky.social exclusive: This morning, WNBA Portland brought back the Portland Fire brand, making it far more about Portland than fire. With help from Portland's Adopt, it built Mount Hood into its monogram, bridges into its letters, and the @modacenter.bsky.social into its "Rose on Fire."
In Seattle for @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social . Bar had the @nba.com Finals on, but just left KOMO playing. Boy… that local news demo.
June 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM
In Seattle for @fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social . Bar had the @nba.com Finals on, but just left KOMO playing. Boy… that local news demo.