alt Hacker NewsWhat is an "ad company" though? If it's someone you pay to advertise your product for you, well that's something town criers often did for merchants so "ad companies" are at least that old.
What is an "ad company" though? If it's someone you pay to advertise your product for you, well that's something town criers often did for merchants so "ad companies" are at least that old.
I don't know exactly what definition they meant, but I'm confident that a crier doesn't count as an ad company.