Funeral For Advertising As We Know It Held
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010A small, public funeral service for Advertising As We Know It was held Tuesday morning at the Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, just five days after it was officially declared dead by SocialLiscious VP of Sales Glenn Schtick at the Digital Social Maven Conference last Friday. The service, which was attended by 120 friends, family members, and advertising interns, was described as a small, quiet, and somewhat confusing affair. Many in attendance were still in shock that Advertising As We Know It had finally died. ”People have been saying that Advertising As We Know It is dead for years,” said junior media planner Seth Epstein. ”I always assumed it was just pompous ad execs trying to sound smarter than they really were. But I guess now every time some guy in jeans and a black blazer gets up on a conference stage and makes an edgy blanket statement, we have to assume it’s true.”