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Trying to bank on the latest series of lay offs, TypePad wants to attract the recently laid off journalists to its platform by offering them a bailout package of its own. So what’s the deal:

• You get a free TypePad Pro blog account. That’s the real deal, the same service that powers big-name media blogs, and it even includes professional support so we answer any questions you have.
• You get enrolled in the Six Apart Media advertising program. These are real display ads, that pay a lot more than simple Google text ads, and you get to keep the revenue.
• We’ll promote your new site on Blogs.com. It’s a fast-growing directory of the best in blogs, and Blogs.com will be a very effective way for all of your peers in the Journalist Bailout Program to cross-promote and share traffic for your independent sites.
• Lots more. Getting started with Six Apart opens the door to lots more ways to succeed in the future. We can introduce you to our VIP program to help drive traffic to your site, help you connect your blog to your LinkedIn profile, make it easy to manage your site’s comments from an iPhone, and even show you how to automatically promote your posts to your Facebook friends.

And what does this bailout amounts for per blogger ? $150 per annum. Yeah you heard it right. All you need to do to participate is send an email to bailout@sixapart.com, and leave the rest on the good folks at TypePad.