advertising

9 statements across 9 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Oct 10, 2016 by Suroosh Alvi · across every show →

Everything said about advertising, oldest first

Oct 10, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Early Vice advertisers were given total freedom over their purchased pages
“Our view towards advertising, if you buy that page of advertising, you own that page, you can do whatever you want with it.”
Suroosh Alvi Oct 10, 2016 ▶ 16:03 VICE: Suroosh Alvi
Jul 10, 2017 negative
Insight
Wenner: Modern magazines should be small and reader-funded, not ad-supported
“If one wanted to do a magazine day, my counsel would be just, make us a small, make it a small magazine, and make it so that it's supported by its readers, not by advertisers.”
Jann Wenner Jul 10, 2017 ▶ 31:14 Rolling Stone: Jann Wenner
Sep 17, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brown: Commercial advertising makeup work paid up to $5,000 a day
“Then you start doing advertising, and that's, you know, could be up to 5000 a day.”
Bobbi Brown Sep 17, 2018 ▶ 16:28 Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Bobbi Brown
Aug 23, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Burt's Bees scaled without spending money on conventional advertising
“I've heard even that 25 cents of every dollar goes into advertising, so we didn't have that expense because we weren't advertising.”
Roxanne Quimby Aug 23, 2021 ▶ 43:48 Burt's Bees: Roxanne Quimby (2019)
Jan 17, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Hendricks: Ad-Driven Revenue Pushed Discovery Toward Sensational Reality TV
“When you have over, a little over half of your revenue is from advertising, it drives you to certain decisions”
John Hendricks Jan 17, 2022 ▶ 1:07:07 Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
Oct 10, 2022 negative
Opinion
Brian Lam calls digital advertising one of the world's great evils
“I think advertising is one of the great evils of the world, because it gets in your brain no matter what, and the metrics they use are basically what has made media what it is today, like really shallow, fast cadence”
Brian Lam Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 58:47 Wirecutter: Brian Lam
Jan 23, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Tarte Cosmetics has never spent a single dollar on traditional advertising
“Yeah, you know, we've never spent one dollar in advertising in Tarte ever.”
Maureen Kelly Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 58:24 Tarte Cosmetics: Maureen Kelly
Feb 27, 2023 positive
Insight
VandeHei: Media companies need subscription revenue to survive ad downturns
“We believe that you couldn't be solely dependent on advertising, and to be a really big, durable company, Roy and I were super confident that you needed this subscription leg of the business.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 52:42 Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
Jun 26, 2025 neutral
Insight
Ryan: Advertising is a tax on unremarkable products
“I still think of advertising as a tax on an unremarkable product. And the better you get the product, the packaging, and something that creates that immediate connection, then marketing is really just gravy and jet fuel to be able to accelerate that.”
Eric Ryan Jun 26, 2025 ▶ 8:49 Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method
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