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The Associated Advertising Clubs of America, a group of agencies, advertisers and media representatives, is formed.

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

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

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New York agency Carlton & Smith begins buying the right to place advertising in religious magazines

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The first convention of advertising agents is held in New York

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The American Newspaper Publishers Association is formed

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N.W. Ayer hires its first full-time copywriter; Ladies' Home Journal bans patent-medicine advertising

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

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The American Association of Advertising Agencies is established

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Advertising Age is launched in Chicago

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Life publishes its first edition

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Radio surpasses magazines as a source of advertising revenue; Congress passes the Copeland Bill, which gives the Food & Drug Administration regulatory powers over the manufacture and sale of drugs

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The War Advertising Council is organized to help prepare voluntary advertising campaigns for wartime efforts. The council garners $ 350 million in free public service messages. After the war it is renamed the Advertising Council.

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The Advertising Research Foundation is established

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CBS becomes the largest advertising medium in the world

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Videotape recording makes prerecorded commercial possible

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Congress prohibits broadcast advertising of cigarettes

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The Supreme court grants advertising First Amendment protection

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Congress removes the FTC's power to stop "unfair" advertising

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The internet becomes a reality as five million worldwide users get online

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Internet advertising breaks the $2 billion mark