Art & Commerce: Streetwise

Riding a hot economy, advertising stocks are putting big numbers on the board
The ad business dances to the same rhythm as school. The year starts in early September, rushes to a peak in the weeks just before Christmas, takes a breather before hitting a second high point around Easter, then glides into and through the summer. Come Labor Day, the cycle starts anew.
By that reckoning, the industry has already left the old millennium, or at least the old year.