Madison Avenue Revisited by Michael Farmer - ISBN: 9781918215113
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Advertising’s profitable past lost to today’s complex, less effective, opaque media.
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Madison Avenue Revisited

The verdict on the advertising industry is murder, not manslaughter

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2026

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Summary

This is a critical, deep-dive examination into how the advertising industry’s media function collapsed from a profitable, integrated department during the Golden Age of Advertising into today’s fragmented, less effective, and often opaque business. Authored by industry veteran Michael Farmer, the book systematically traces the decline, starting from the era when media was a low-status but high-profit “back office” activity fuelled by 15% commissions, to its current state marred by technologic…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781918215113
ISBN-10:1918215111
Author:Michael Farmer
Publisher:LID Publishing
Imprint:LID Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:4 June 2026
Dimensions:216mm x 138mm
About The Author

Michael Farmer

Michael Farmer founded Farmer & Company in 1992. Prior to this, he worked as a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and was a Director of Bain & Company. He led Bain’s Munich, Paris, and London offices during the company’s European expansion in the 1980s. He is also the author of Madison Avenue Manslaughter.

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