He was passionate about advertising, and both loved and hated it.
He thought (in the 1960s) that here was too damn much advertising around.
Which led to a modest proposal; "let's not make the bad, the boring, the same-old-stuff anymore."
The result, he surmised, would be: less clutter and more interesting things to read.
In other words, a great leap forward for the business of advertising.

Genius!

What's News - the journals:

• Advertising Age
• Adland, "ad-news not fit to print" - more a bulletin board ("by adgrunts for adgrunts") than a journal.
• The Advertising Show - a weekly radio show sponsored by Advertising Age (archived shows can be streamed for listening).
  
• ADWEEK, and it's sister publications:
•  Brandweek
•  Mediaweek
•  IQ Interactive News

• American Association of Advertising Agencies, the trade group of and for agencies themselves (includes weblinks to many member agencies).
• American Advertising Federation, the "parent group" for local advertising clubs, including the college Student Chapters.
• AAF affilliated local Ad Clubs across America.
• Ad 2, the AAF organization for young professionals under 32. To contact San Fransisco's new Ad 2, click here.
• Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies, representing one of the fastest growing sectors of the business.
• ADMARK! The East Bay Ad Club
• Advertising Club of Silicon Valley
• Sacramento Advertising Club
• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
• Artists in Print (AIP)
• Magazine publishers of America
  
• American Marketing Association (AMA)
• The Direct Marketing Association
• Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP)
• Association for Interactive Marketing
• Association of National Advertisers (ANA)
• International Advertising Association
• Marketing Research Association
• Point of Purchase Advertising Association 
• World Federation of Advertisers
• The Branded Content Marketing Association
  

• An advertising careers page by a former Communications major on about.com
• Advertising Educational Foundation, a site that promises scheduled chat with ad industry leaders, a Job Fair and lots more.
• The Copy Workshop, a publisher and more. They publish your textbook. You get 20% off when you buy direct.
• World Advertising Research Center (WARC), you can use it for free for 7 days.
• The Advertising Show links page, includes media and PR links.
• UT-Austin Department of Advertising links page.

Topics in Creative:

• ANDY Awards, (see the student awards)
• London International Advertising Awards
• Creativity Magazine's ad critic
• Apple's famous "1984" (slightly revised for the 25th anniversary of Macintosh).
• Advice on writing radio from Adam Chasnow of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

• San Francisco advertising agencies, their telephone numbers and addresses.
• UT-Austin World of Advertising links page.
  
• Find a book on topics in advertising.

• Advertising History directory page from Google.
• Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
• The Ad Council's archive of public service campaigns.
  
• Adflip's archive of ads from the 1940s through the 90s.
• Duke University's Hartman Center for Sales, Marketing and Advertising History.

• J Walter Thompson
• Ogilvy & Mather
• McCann-Erickson Worldwide
• Saatchi & Saatchi
• Leo Burnett
• Mullen Advertising
• Fallon
• Arnold Communications
• Foote, Cone & Belding
• Crispin, Porter + Bogusky

• Out of Home
• Radio
  

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