Scottie Bibb, public relations head honcho for U.S. Figure Skating, counted up for me today the number of media folks at the championships. She issued credentials for 230 print journalists and photographers. This includes newspapers, magazines and the skating publications.

Another 30 broadcast media got credentials, and NBC has about 150 folks, she said. That's more than 400 journalists running around (though some of the media folks went home between the two big weekends.)

Not bad, for an industry -- print and broadcast --  that's allegedly dying.

And one more note from Bibb: She said the late-night Figure Skater folks are very appreciative to the Davenport for serving them food and drink when they get back very late from the Arena. They are working 16-18 hour days.

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