Advertising

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  • First Advertisment

    The first newspaper advertisement, an announcement seeking a buyer for an Oyster Bay, Long Island, estate, is published in the Boston News-Letter.

  • Ben Frank

    Ben Frank
    Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine prints the first American magazine ads.

  • The Pennsylvania Packet

    The Pennsylvania Packet & Daily Advertiser, America's first successful daily newspaper, starts in Philadelphia.

  • Advertisment Agency

    Volney Palmer opens the first advertising agency in Philadelphia.

  • Advertising Convention

    The first convention of advertising agents is held in New York.

  • First Advertising Job

    First Advertising Job
    Department store founder John Wanamaker is the first retailer to hire a full-time advertising copywriter, John E. Powers.

  • Advertising Department

    N.W. Ayer establishes a Business-Getting Department to plan advertising campaigns based on prospective advertisers' marketing needs.

  • Better Business Bureau

    The National Better Business Bureau is organized.

  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    The Stock Market Crashed

  • Advertising Spending

    Following the stock market crash, advertising spending plummets. From its high of $3.5 billion, it sinks to $1.5 billion by 1933.

  • Advertising Method

    Radio surpasses magazines as a source of advertising revenue.

  • Advertising Research Foundation

    he Advertising Research Foundation is established.

  • First Amendment

    First Amendment
    The Supreme Court grants advertising First Amendment protection.

  • Internet Advertising

    Internet advertising breaks the $2 billion mark and heads toward $3 billion as the industry