The BusinessThe Painstaking Process of Product PlacementMad Men is a series on the cable network AMC, set in the New York ad world of the 1960's. While the show showcases a variety of real world products, not all of them pay for the privilege.rssShareBy Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min readClaude Brodesser-AknerStar-Ledger / NJ.comMatt HolzmanProducer, 'The Document'Matthew WeinerEmmy Award-winning writer, director and producerCultureEntertainmentArts