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The U.S. advertising and media industry slashed 18,700 jobs in December, bringing industry job losses in this recession to 65,100.

The industry cut staffing 3.9% from the time the recession began in December 2007, according to Ad Age DataCenter's analysis of figures released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ad industry employed 1.59 million people as of December.

All sectors of advertising, marketing services and media trimmed jobs in December except one: internet-media companies and web-search portals. That sector added 800 jobs, bringing employment (82,200) to the highest level since 2002.

Read the full story in Advertising Age