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A real estate advertising meltdown?(QUICKTAKES)

South Florida publications dependent on housing market ads are getting skinnier--with some even folding--thanks in part to the recent slowdown in the real estate market.

In April, magazine publisher Palm Beach Media Group pulled the plug on two publications, Palm Beach Homes & Lifestyles and Boca Raton Homes & Lifestyles, and laid off three people.

In an interview with The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Media Group chief operating officer Bill Wehrman said he didn't exactly blame the housing slowdown. Instead, he said he couldn't find experienced ad sales repre

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