• The New York Times, Monday, October 3, 2011 4 PM

Two takes on Ad Week from major media. In the Wall Street Journal piece, Suzanne Vranica asks "Should Advertising Week be called Silicon Valley Week?," noting that tech companies like Google and Facebook "are expected to dominate the discussions" rather than agency execs.

And in the New York Times, Stuart Elliott's quick overview of Ad Week (which amusingly notes the Mad Ave. take -- "New York Fashion Week for smart people" -- versus that of the "fashionable set," which "counters that Advertising Week is like Fashion Week for ugly people") the first two events mentioned do feature Facebook. However, there's also a focus on presentations that could "make news" -- along with ones aimed at fixing the lack of diversity among the industry work force, such as the Tuesday event "Where Are All The Black People?"

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