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Walter A. Thompson (May 8, 1903 – December 17, 1975) was an American film editor with 69 film credits from 1930 to 1975. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for This Above All (1942) and for The Nun's Story (1959).
J. Walter Thompson, the world's best-known marketing communications brand, has been inventing pioneering ideas since 1864. As the J. Walter Thompson agency celebrates its 150th anniversary, join us on a trip through our history, which also happens. to be the history of advertising.
Walter A. Thompson is appointed Acting Head of Department. 1938. Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson may refer to: James Walter Thompson (1847–1928), founder of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency; Walter Thompson (composer) (born 1952), American musician; Walter A. Thompson (1903–1975), American film editor; Walter H. Thompson (1890–1978), bodyguard of Winston Churchill
- Pre-James Walter Thompson
- 1868–1969
- 1969–2018
- Merger with Wunderman
- Legacy
J. Walter Thompson traces its origins to the Carlton & Smith agency, which opened its doors in 1864, one of the first known advertising agencies in the United States.Founder William James Carlton started selling advertising space in religious magazines, but almost nothing is known about the partner named Smith. The New York Times wrote that "the ag...
In 1868, Carlton hired James Walter Thompson as a bookkeeper.Eventually, Thompson found that soliciting and sales were much more profitable, and he became a very effective salesman for the small company. In 1877, Thompson purchased the business of his employer for $500 and, a year later, purchased the office furniture for $800. He changed the compa...
In 1969, J. Walter Thompson became a public corporation. In the mid-1970s, J. Walter Thompson was hired by the military dictatorship of Chile, led by Augusto Pinochet, to "refurbish the image of the regime" after international and Chilean human-rights organizations had documented extensive violations. In 1980, the company was organized into a holdi...
J. Walter Thompson Co. ceased its independent existence when holding company owner WPP announced in November, 2018 that it was merging the agency into the digital agency Wunderman. While called a merger of equals, observers note that it is really a takeover by Wunderman and an end to JWT, noting of the end of America's first ad agency that its "dem...
J. Walter Thompson was among the first agencies to employ writers and artists to create interesting advertisements for their clients, replacing the standard ads created by in-house departments. It was also the first agency to provide a wide range of advertising services to clients, including copy, layout, package design, trademark development and r...
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Walter A. Thompson, Acting Head, Department of Business Administration (1938 – 1942).
