SMH sends in the clowns for Sorrell while STW demands time travel from shareholders

The STW/WPP “merger” is generating quite a few column inches in the mainstream as well as trade press unsurprisingly, given the nature of the multi-million dollar deal.

But Dr Mumbo does wonder why the Sydney Morning Herald’s Market’s live blog chose to run quite such a sinister (and old) picture of WPP boss (and most powerful man in advertising) Sir Martin Sorrell:

Sir Martin isn’t a man known for surrounding himself with clowns, while his hair hasn’t been that colour for a little while now.