In a full-page ad in today’s New York Times “Week in Review” section, the Ad Council lists its `who’s who’ of media and big brand donors. Atop its list is the “President’s Circle,” those select few who donated $150k and up. Google and Yahoo! joined Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, Time Warner and the board and staff of the Ad Council itself in that select donor category. In comparison, CBS, Coca-Cola and Microsoft was listed below in the Council’s “Leadership Circle,” donating anywhere from $100K-149K [“Bronze Class” donors, the lowest category of those giving between $1K and $4,999 included media companies Bonneville International, Media General, and the Hallmark Channel].
Google also serves on the Ad Council’s board of directors, working alongside many of the global heavyweights in marketing and media, including Publicis, McDonald’s, DDB Worldwide, and the New York Times. Despite its rhetoric as an organization dedicated to public service, the Ad Council is really part of the marketing industries political support system. While there are many in the ad business who sincerely do care about the public interest, the Council isn’t ultimately about supporting real change. Certainly nothing which would seriously challenge the role marketing and advertising plays in contributing to inequities in our global culture.
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