https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft By- Hannah W, Anna B, Grant D, Austin R en-us 2016-09-28 15:48:42 UTC 2025-12-07 10:29:56 UTC hello@padlet.com anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127018197 The first newspaper advertisement, an announcement seeking a buyer for an Oyster Bay, Long Island, estate, is published in the Boston News- Letter. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127018197 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127018244 A group of large agencies forms the Association of New York Agents, predecessor to the American Association of Advertising Agencies. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127018244 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127019710 Benjamin Franklin''s General Magazine prints the first American magazine ads. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127019710 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020220 Volney Palmer opens the first advertising agency in Philadelphia. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020220 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020271 Council War Advertising Council is organized to help prepare voluntary ad campaigns for wartime efforts. Collects $350 million in free public service messages.]]> 2016-09-28 16:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020271 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020580 The first convention of advertising agents is held in New York city. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020580 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020936 Department store founder John Wanamaker is the first retailer to hire a full- time advertising copywriter, John E. Powers. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127020936 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021069 JWT becomes the first agency to surpass $100 million in billings.]]> 2016-09-28 16:09:02 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021069 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021167 Credit: The American Association of Advertising Agencies, the first agency trade association, is established with 111 charter- members agencies]]> 2016-09-28 16:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021167 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021312 Procter & Gamble Co. begins advertising Ivory Soap with an unprecedented budget of $11,000. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021312 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021520 Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson and Mather, and Doyle Dane Bernbach open there doors.]]> 2016-09-28 16:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021520 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021780 The American Newspaper Publishers Association is formed. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127021780 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022121 The George Batten Co. opens. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022121 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022257 CBS opens its Television City production facilities in Hollywood.]]> 2016-09-28 16:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022257 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022371 N.W Ayer hires its first full time copywriter. Ladies' Home Journal bans patent-medicine advertising. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022371 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022712 CBS becomes the largest advertising medium in the world.]]> 2016-09-28 16:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127022712 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023013 Videotape recording makes prerecorded commercials possible.]]> 2016-09-28 16:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023013 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023102 J. Walter Thompson Co. is the first agency to open an office in the U.K Campbell Soup Co. makes it's first advertising buy. The Association of American Advertisers, predecessor to the American of National Advertisers, is formed. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023102 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023270 Barton, Durstine & Osborn opens in New York ]]> 2016-09-28 16:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023270 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023299 The National Association of Broadcasters bans subliminal ads.]]> 2016-09-28 16:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023299 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023780 Papert, Koenig, Lois is launched. Becomes first agency to go public.]]> 2016-09-28 16:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023780 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023888 Credit: Corbis/ Bertman KDKA, Pittsburgh, becomes the first radio Station in the U.S. and is the first to broadcast the result of the 1920 presidential election. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127023888 anna_botti https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024033 The Associated Advertising Clubs of America, a group of agencies, advertisers and media representatives, is formed. ]]> 2016-09-28 16:15:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024033 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024275 The Pepsi Generation kicks off the cola wars.]]> 2016-09-28 16:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024275 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024568 NBC drops its ban on comparative advertising. ABC and CBS do not follow suit until 1972.]]> 2016-09-28 16:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127024568 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127294048 Wells, Rich, Greene is established. Mary Wells is the first woman to head a major agency.]]> 2016-09-29 15:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127294048 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127294885 MTV debuts with frenetic video images that change the nature of commericals]]> 2016-09-29 15:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127294885 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127295337 The Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act gives the agency clear power to set industry rules and to take knowing violators to federal court to seek civil penalties.]]> 2016-09-29 15:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127295337 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127296317 APTed Turner creates CNN]]> 2016-09-29 15:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127296317 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127297100 WPP combines the media operations of JWT and O&M to form the Alliance, the largest U.S. media buyer with more than $4 billion.]]> 2016-09-29 15:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127297100 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127297329 AT&T station WEAF in New York offers 10 minutes of radio time to anyone who would pay $100. The Queensboro Corp., a long real estate firm, buys the first commercial in advertising history. Four: 15 spots at $50 apiece. Following the adds extolling Hawthorne Court, a new tenant-owned apartment complex in Jackson Heights, sales total thousands of daughters. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127297329 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127298112 Internet advertising breaks the $2 billion mark and heads toward $3 billion as the industry, under prodding from Procter and Gamble, moves to standardize all facets of the industry ]]> 2016-09-29 15:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127298112 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127299129 Gannett Co. launches USA Today.]]> 2016-09-29 15:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127299129 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127300478 Several companies merge to create Omnicom Group, the largest advertising company in the world.]]> 2016-09-29 15:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127300478 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127301810 The Internet becomes a reality as five million users worldwide get online.]]> 2016-09-29 15:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127301810 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127303214 In the largest account switch in history, IBM Corp.yanks it's business from scores of agencies worldwide and consolidates the entire account with O&M]]> 2016-09-29 15:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127303214 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127303920 The Nation Better Business Bureau is organized ]]> 2016-09-29 15:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127303920 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127304423 Credit: NBCRadio Corp. of America buys New York radio station WEAF from AT&T and renames it WNBC. It forms the first radio network with 19 stations within the year, and the national broadcasting Co. is launched. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127304423 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127305147 Columbia Broadcasting system, a second major radio network, is launched. The Federal Radio Commission is established. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127305147 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127305612 Advertising Age is lanced in Chicago. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127305612 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306011 Bass Pro prints and mails first Bass Pro catalogs.]]> 2016-09-29 15:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306011 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306035 Life published its first edition. It later becomes the first magazine to carry $100 million annually in advertising. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306035 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306584 Credit: NBC experiments with a telecast of TV'S first baseball game, Princeton. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306584 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306658 Dr. Pepper was founded in Waco, Texas.]]> 2016-09-29 15:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127306658 hannah_wood051702 https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127307086 Ted Bates leaves Benton & Bowels to start his own agency, taking the wonder bread and Colgate dental cream accounts. ]]> 2016-09-29 15:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127307086 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127308284 Apple releases first ad introducing the Macintosh personal computer]]> 2016-09-29 15:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127308284 grant_deffenbaugh https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127310075 First Nike commercial airs.]]> 2016-09-29 16:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127310075 austin_rivero https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127313867 The Superbowl is broadcasted nationwide for the first time.]]> 2016-09-29 16:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_wood051702/qlrd3gsje1ft/wish/127313867