I guess this could apply also to Surveys, but in the FAQs for Sidebars it discusses using it along with Magazine's included Sidebars.  I'm considering buying one of the bundles so am hoping to hear how well Sidebars works with the Newsportal as I'm going to need to decide which of my sites I use which things with.  And since the FAQs mention using Sidebars with Magazine, but doesn't mention using it with Newsportal I wanted to ask if it can be used with it, pros and cons, etc.

Thanks!

Also, take a look here:

http://www.ijoomla.com/ijoomla-sidebars/ijoomla-sidebars/index/