Remember the Good Old Days? No, not that heinous TV show that survived 30 years of “verisimilitudinous, ventriloquial virtuosity”; I’m talking about the time when everyone looked forward to reading about the stars of the marketing and advertising world in their favourite trade magazine?
Yep, those pre-Covid, pre-World War III days of just a few years ago, when agency chiefs were seemingly untouchable Gods, with lesser mortals hanging on their every word, hoping, nay, praying that they might pick up some golden nuggets which would set them on their way to reach similar dizzying heights.
Well, dear Foxy fans, I’m pleased to report that they still exist in the parallel universe that they call Creative Salon, er, Worldwide.
Oh yes, while the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – that’s Conquest, War, Famine and Death to you heathens – ravage the Earth, the “salonnieres” as they like to be called, carry on blowing smoke, and anything else they can get their hands on, up the arse of every agency leader who has shelled out thousands of pounds to get glowing coverage. And you thought only those who wage war make a killing?
This week it was once more the turn of Publicis Groupe UK chief executive Annette King, who only last July they were telling us was the most powerful woman in British advertising.
And I quote the LinkedIn puff post: “At Creative Salon Worldwide we love and admire Annette King. So Jeremy Lee set out to find a few of her favourite things. Hammersmith or Swindon? Carrot or stick? Wine from Sir John Hegarty or Angus Crowther? Bake-off or Love Island?”
Her response was nearly as cringeworthy: “Thank you Sonoo, I can’t quite bear to watch myself back but it was a very enjoyable quick fire half hour with the lovely Jeremy.”
Now, you might think that posting such comments would expose our Annette to a torrent of ridicule. Well, you’d be mistaken, as the love-in continued unabated with praise such as “Superhero Annette” and “We all love Annette King. She is brilliant!”
Not that I’m jealous you understand, I can only sit back and admire Annette’s achievements. But I do wonder whether a “quick fire half hour with the lovely Jeremy Lee” is actually worth 18 grand a year…
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