Depending on your definition, advertising has been around for millennia. Hell, there are billboard advertisements in Pompeii. https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept1

Depending on your definition, advertising has been around for millennia. Hell, there are billboard advertisements in Pompeii. https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept10/2010/11/29/the-evolution-of-advertising-from-papyrus-to-youtube/ https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540sept10/2010/11/29/the-evolution-...