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Business Definition for: Advertising Department

  • the department within an organization which is responsible for advertising its products or services. The advertising department is also the name given to the section of a publishing house that coordinates the placing of advertisements in its magazines, newspapers, or other publications. It is involved in the sale of advertising space to clients.

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Valley Press Retail Advertising
This article is about the Antelope Valley Press Retail Advertising Department offers a variety of special services to assist its advertisers. There is an Ad Operations Department is to creatively assist in the implementation of ad campaign. This defines the other services provided free of...
Tags: Advertisement, Retail Advertising, Advertiser
White papers 2003-01-01
Classified Advertising Sales Manager
The Classified Advertising Sales Manager job description template includes the following job summary: To coordinate the services of the classified advertising department, including hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, disciplining, and terminating employees within that department. Additional information available includes essential job functions, additional responsibilities, and education and experience requirements.
Tags: Job, Advertisement, Business & Legal Reports Inc., Sales Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
Tools & templates 2007-09-09
NBC Agency Print Advertising.(Programming)(executive promotions)(Brief Article)
At The NBC Agency Print Advertising department: promoted in Burbank, Calif.: NANCY MCDYER, executive account director, to VP, print advertising account services; DAVID PAI-RITCHIE, executive creative director, to VP/ creative director, print and digital design; STEVE KEMP, executive creative director, copy, print advertising, named VP/creative...
Tags: advertisement, director, NBC Universal Inc., programming
Research articles 2005-01-17
The New York Times Media Group Names Todd Haskell Vice President, Business Development, Advertising
NEW YORK -- The New York Times Media Group today announced that Todd Haskell, executive director of business development in The New York Times newspaper's advertising department, has been promoted to the Media Group's newly created position of vice president, business development, advertising. The appointment is effective immediately, and he...
Tags: advertisement, business development, New York Times Co.
Research articles 2005-12-12
New national advertising division manager for Seattle Times Co. announced
SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 30, 1996--The Seattle Times Co. has named Donna Tuggle division manager for the company's national advertising department.This appointment was effective Aug. 26, 1996. Tuggle will report to Mike Lemke, vice president/advertising for The Seattle Times Co.As national advertising division manager, Tuggle will manage the national sales and...
Tags: Seattle Times Co.
Research articles 1996-08-30
Denver Newspaper Agency Sign On Houston Advertising Executive.
By Kelly Pate, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 9--The Denver Newspaper Agency has hired Dwight Brown as senior vice president of advertising. Brown will start in Denver on Oct. 1, leaving Texas after 26 years working for the...
Tags: Newspaper Agency Corp.
Research articles 2001-09-09
New Campaigns.(Advertising)(Department of Homeland Security and Slack Barshinger and Partners Inc.)(Intel Corp. and McCann Worldwide)(Brief Article)
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Tags: advertisement, Intel Corp., U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2005-11-14
The New York Times Media Group Announces Advertising Department Promotions
Todd Haskell, Vice President of Business Development for The Times, Adds Responsibility for NYTimes.com Ad Sales; Louis Fabrizio and Brian Garnock Each Named Vice President, Advertising
Tags: advertisement, New York Times Co.
Research articles 2007-04-13
A new censor?(advertising departments threaten editorial independence of newspapers and magazines)(Brief Article)
HAS American journalism found a new bBete noire? After Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy, step forward the man from the advertising department. This week, Chrysler had to drop its insistence that magazines carrying its advertisements must notify the car maker "of any editorial content that encompasses...
Tags: Chrysler LLC
Research articles 1997-10-18
Advertising CEOs Urge Quick Approval of Yahoo-Microsoft Search Pact
by Michael Learmonth Published: October 19, 2009 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- If there were any lingering doubts about Madison Avenue's support of the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, those were dispelled today with an open letter signed by four holding company CEOs. In the letter, Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy, WPP...
Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., CEO, U.S. Department Of Justice
News items 2009-10-19
May Department Stores hires Doner for $60M deal.
May Department Stores Co. has consolidated about $60 million in TV advertising creative work for seven of its divisions at Southfield-based W.B. Doner & Co., according to Advertising Age, a sister publication of Crain's Detroit Business. May, May Department Stores Co. has...
Tags: advertisement
Research articles 1998-10-19
The Justice Department says Chancellor Media Corp. can acquire California outdoor advertising firm Kunz & Co. for $39.5 million.(Brief Article)
The Justice Department says Chancellor Media Corp. can acquire California outdoor advertising firm Kunz & Co. for $39.5 million if it sells more than $5 million in outdoor assets. Chancellor and Kunz are head-to-head competitors in some markets The Justice Department says Chancellor Media...
Tags: advertisement, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 1998-11-16
NBC Agency.(appointments)(Brief Article)
The NBC Agency, the in-house ad shop for NBC Universal, has promoted several members of its print advertising department. On the West Coast, NANCY MCDYER was elevated to vice president, print advertising account services; DAVID PAI-RITCHIE was name The NBC Agency, the in-house ad...
Tags: print advertising, advertisement, NBC Universal Inc., agency
Research articles 2005-01-03
South Carolina DOT Wins NAHBA Awards of Excellence for Bentley-Based Outdoor Advertising Solution
EXTON, Pa. -- Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that the South Carolina Department of Transportation SCDOT received two Awards of Excellence at the 2006 National Alliance of Highway Beautification Agencies NAHBA annual conference. Running Bentley's Outdoor Advertising System software, the SCDOT Outdoor Advertising Office won in the categories of "Streamlining...
Tags: advertisement, MARKETING, Strategy, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, Web
Research articles 2007-01-25
Is the Justice Department Planning to Challenge Google's Advertising Dominance?
Ron Haruni submits: According to Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Justice has quietly hired one of the nation’s best-known litigators and former antitrust chief Sanford “Sandy” M. Litvack, “for a possible court challenge” to Google’s GOOG growing advertising power.” Mr. Litvack, is the former vice chairman...
Tags: Google Inc., Internet
External links 2008-09-09
Homeland Security department launches citizen preparedness campaign.(public service advertising campaign)(Brief Article)
The Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with The Advertising Council and the Sloan Foundation, has launched a national public service advertising PSA campaign that will educate and empower American citizens to prepare for and respond to potential future terrorist attacks. The PSAs...
Tags: advertisement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2003-02-24
Florida Citrus Department Selects Ad Agency Finalists.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
TAMPA, Fla.--Jan. 18--WestGroup Inc. is in the running for a juicy account. Wednesday, the Tampa advertising agency was selected as one of four finalists for the Florida Department of Citrus' $27 million orange and grapefruit advertising account. The Citrus Department will announce a winner Feb....
Tags: St. Petersburg Times
Research articles 1996-01-18
CTDOT Program TOPS $580 Million.(The Connecticut Department of Transportation)
By Paul Fournier The department has 105 projects scheduled for advertising in FY 2005 The Connecticut Department of Transportation CTDOT, headed by Commissioner Stephen E. Korta II, expects to advertise more than $580 million in transportation-related projects...
Tags: C, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2005-01-10
Lamar Advertising Company Announces Issuance of DOJ Consent Decree Regarding Clear Channel and AMFM Divestiture of Lamar Class A Common Stock
Business Editors BATON ROUGE, La.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 30, 2000 Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq:LAMR), a leading owner and operator of outdoor advertising and logo sign displays, today announced that pursuant to a consent decree filed by the Department of Justice, 26,227,273 shares of Lamar Advertising Company Class A common stock...
Tags: advertisement, board, Clear Channel Communications Inc., decree, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2000-08-30
Revenue Department Selects MARC USA to Continue Providing PA Lottery Advertising
To: STATE EDITORSContact: Cris Stambaugh of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, +1-717-986-4699 HARRISBURG, Pa., July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MARC USA, a Pittsburgh-based advertising and public relations agency, has been selected to continue providing advertising and related services for the Pennsylvania Lottery, Secretary of Revenue Thomas W. Wolf announced today. "We...
Tags: MARC USA
Research articles 2007-07-13