Newspaper Ad Revenue Plummets, Interns Rock, Kmart Gets Buzz

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– The Newspaper Association of America reports newspaper ad revenue fell 18.1 percent or almost $2 billion in the third quarter of 2008. Online newspaper ad revenue fell as well.

– AdGabber member Buddy Wachenheimer envisions what condom packaging would look like if it were sponsored.

– If your an agency struggling with workload after having laid off half your staff, check out YouIntern. It’s always nice to, as YouIntern proudly states in its tagline, gain “freedom from coffee and coffee” so you can work on the more important stuff like sitting in a traffic meeting. Oh wait. Sorry about that. Bad example.

– IZEA is out with a blog campaign for Kmart which is getting a lot of Twitter buzz.

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