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That's not quite correct. A company spends 'x' amount on advertising, hoping that it will return 'x + profit' through increased sales. The customer obviously doesn't profit from it, but when does a customer actually profit from anything?

You, sir, are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

Meanwhile, the effects of advertising result in a net profit for the producer.

The point I was trying to make was, if advertiser's increased profits were less than the expense of advertising (e.g., a company spends $20 on advertising, but profits grow $10), then they the company would not advertise again, since that would be as effective as burning money in a pit.

No they are not buying the ad but from the producers perspective advertising is the way to get their product in the consideration set or possibly push someone further down the purchase path.

They're buying the product because of the advertising. It's a cost of goods. You have to make the product then market it.