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3000 BCE
Carving and Writing
The Antique Period. No one knows exactly when businesses began using advertising to distinguish themselves. -
May 6, 1216
Commercial Messages Painted by Professionals in Ancient Rome
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Mass Media and Advertising Agencies
The world’s first newspaper, Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, was issued in 1605 in Strasbourg by Johann Carolus. -
Radio and Television
The first paid radio advertising was aired on WEAF (WFAN) in New York on August 28, 1922. -
The World’s First Television Advertising
The first television advertisement was aired on July 1, 1941, and lasted nearly ten seconds. -
Internet Technologies and Social Media
The synergy of economics and science in advertising that began in the 1980s reached its peak in the 1990s -
The Advent of Social Media Advertising
With the introduction of Facebook Ads in 2007, the number of targeting possibilities that advertising platforms could offer to businesses increased.