Dr Mumbo

‘Princes of media’ honour Anne Parsons

Dr Mumbo was pleased to see the annual Melbourne Media Hall of Fame pay tribute to one of the highest achieving females in the media agency landscape, Anne Parsons.

In her acceptance speech the former Mediacom boss pulls no punches, roasting many of the industry’s biggest names and notes her own discomfort with being put up alongside the “princes of media” taking aim at the likes of “Harold Mitchell OBE, QBE, MC, MI5, FBI etc.”

In a honest and frank speech, Parsons talks her long career and “how she got away with it”, describing the shifts in media – noting how some media agencies in the 80s were closer to the “Playboy Mansion” than anything else – and vividly describing her first media owner paid lunch with then New Idea sales rep (now Pac Mags boss) Peter Zavec.

For those interested, you can watch an edited version of the speech here:

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