The government’s stimulus plan won’t work as planned if we don’t get consumers spending again. But in the nearly $800 billion package, there is one thing missing that would surely help accomplish this: advertising. To get people spending again, and the economy moving, the government needs to provide help for businesses in America to advertise their products and services.

Let me disclose that I do have a horse in this race: I’m an investor in advertising-supported businesses. I’ve spent a large percentage of my working career in businesses that sell advertising–including broadcast and cable TV, radio, magazines, Internet, newspapers and direct marketing. I’ve also led businesses that have used these media to advertise products and services.

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Daily Candy, the pioneering newsletter start-up owned by Bob Pittman’s Pilot Group Ventures, is perennially supposed to be on the block, but has yet to change hands. The newest rumor: Comcast, the cable giant with a huge appetite for digital mergers and acquisitions, is going to pick it up for $75 million. Update: People familiar with the company suggest that it’s still available, but that Pilot won’t let it go for $75 million. Pilot originally attached a $100+ million price tag to the property in 2006, and we’re told they’ve had offers above that range this year.

Both Comcast and Daily Candy aren’t offering comment on the report, but we’ll keep poking around.

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