Ad Sector Is Quiet as Rescue Bill Passes

NEW YORK Business leaders last week went on a public relations offensive to convince average Americans — and, more importantly, Congress — that a proposed $700 billion financial rescue package was vital to resuscitating the U.S. economy. The blitz was designed to communicate the point that the financial mess is a “Main Street” issue affecting millions of consumers, and not just a bunch of Wall Street fat cats who got too greedy. It seems to have done its job: Last Friday, a revised plan passed the House of Representatives after passing the Senate two days earlier.

One business sector, however, remained surprisingly mum during the offensive, given the billions of ad dollars at risk with the economy at the precipice: Adland.

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