Sexting, Nuggnuts, Blogger Bailouts, In-Game Ads on Saints Row

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– Massive inked a multi-year, in-game ad deal with THQ. So far, the only game that will for certain feature dynamic advertising is Saints Row 2.

– Queen Rania of Jordan has won the first-ever YouTube Visionary award for her daily videocast. I kind of love her.

– Six Apart has launched something called the TypePad Journalist Bailout Program. Under it, about 30 ex-bloggers or journalists will receive a free TypePad Pro account, tech support, representation on Blogs.com and auto-enrollment into Six Apart’s ad network. 300 applications were received in less than two weeks.

“Diddy is so Sarah Palin.”

– Close-up on crotchvertising.

– New buzz word: sexting! Almost as fun as nuggnut. (Click on “Nuggnut pledge” for awesome brainwashing action.)

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