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Gutenberg Printing press
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The First news paper ad was published
It was a house for sale in Boston. -
Benjamin Franklin Started advertising in America
The Philadelphia Gazette had a full page of advertisements -
First Successful newspaper (The Advertiser)
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New York Sun
First successful "Penny Newspaper" -
Volney Palmer
The First Advertising Agent. He was in charge of brokering the space for advertising. -
Advertising Agents Convention
Just a few years after this James Walter Thompson became the first Account executive and leaped into the business of general magazine advertising. -
First full time retail advertising copywriter
John Wanamaker became the first retailer to hire a full-time advertising copywriter, John E. Powers -
First Registered trademark
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The first sponsored radio show
in 1924, other companies began sponsoring radio programs. -
Stock Market Crashes
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Television's first ad
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Colored tv's
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Congress bans cigarette advertising