Is Mitchells becoming more media reseller than agency?

Tim Burrowes

July 17, 2009 11:49

Earlier this week I rang the boss of a media agency.

I wanted to sound him out on some speculation in the market.

“Is it time for the Harold Wimbledon rumour already?,” was the first thing he asked.

You see, it’s well know in media circles that every year Harold Mitchell – boss of the Mitchell Communication Group – goes over to the UK, watches the tennis at Wimbledon and hooks up with the likes of WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell.

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.

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2 COMMENTS

Ghost 17 Jul 09

i think your headline is more accurate that you realise.

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Justin Polites 17 Jul 09

Nice I like this!

Anyone got a copy of the Adnews article letter’s where Harold promotes the use of BCC Adsystems by agencies against that of Media M’s PR around its own proprietary software. The comments are probably less than 6 weeks old.

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