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November 2007 - Page 6 of 6 - Branding Strategy Insider

Advertising: Circa 1759

This is probably the oldest article ever written about advertising as we know it today. It has been quoted often, but rarely read as a whole. Samuel Johnson published it in issue 40 of his magazine The Idler, on January 20, 1759. It’s an interesting and amusing satire – and, in many ways, relevant today.

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