The Mumbo Report: Mia Freedman on sycophantic PRs and lazy interns; Media in the downturn; Adam Hunt’s career advice
In the latest Mumbo report from Studio 33:
- Journalist Mia Freedman
- Mumbrella Question Time
- Creative Adam Hunt
- Scott Nowell & Justin Drape
You can also subscribe to Mumbrella’s Mumbo Report YouTube channel
Journalist, blogger and author Mia Freedman discusses sycophantic PRs, “the Park Street bubble”, and the editorial-advertising relationship on magazines; the Mumbrella Question Time panel – Mark Buckman, Mark Coad, Kat Thomas and Dejan Rasic – discusses opportunities in the downturn; Adam Hunt on his first, “rubbish” portfolio; what Three Drunk Monkeys’ Justin Drape and Scott Nowell would change about the industry.
(The Mumbo Report will be filming at agency watering hole The Australian Youth Hotel at Bay Street in Glebe from about 6pm on Wednesday night. If you work nearby, feel free to drop by and say hello.)
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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Good to see a little less squinting, TICK
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Great Tim. I’m really enjoying what you’re doing for the (our) industry. Someone had to do it ! …. and it’s only the beginning.
Jenni Freelance Factory
ps – you must be very busy – when do you get time to shave your legs?
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I would like, for just one day to open an email, turn on the TV, open the papers, hey even walk through Big W without having the Mia Freedman juggernaut roll on in front of me spouting her self declared “honest” take on the world. There is something fishy about someone who has to tell you so often that she is a real mum like the rest of us struggling to juggle all the balls in her busy life, that makes you wonder how real she actually is. After all, I cant remember the last time I had a haircut, a new outfit and a weekly spot on The Today Show to ham it up with Karl. Snore.
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Thanks Tim. I’m really enjoying The Mumbo Report. It’s another great extension to the whole Mumbrella offering. I was bracing myself for your next announcement… the launch of the “Mumbo Awards”??? But perhaps Scott Nowell might have something to say about that. We’ll watch this space…
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So, RMS, you’d prefer it if she was more aloof? Hmmm…
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I’ve got 15 minutes between meetings.
Do I wash my face? Do I change my shirt? Do I make my fifth coffee?
No.
I view the Mumbo Report.
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great more pointless dribble
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Hi RMS,
If someone, despite having a high media profile, has a reputation for being honest, talking honestly and acting honestly, do you think it might just be possible that they are honest?
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Honestly Tim, all I want is a Mia Freedman break for one day. I don’t think that is too much to ask.
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RMS – may I ask your gender? I am oblivious to this Mia juggernaut. Maybe she appears a lot on media aimed at Mums. She seemed pretty genuine to me.
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keep the squint. that can be your signature.
P.S. Mia might be honest, but does that mean she is genuine?
BTW: i like the Mumbo report – keep it up!
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