Harold Mitchell
How networking paid off for the game of games
Harold Mitchell Sport and Melbourne have been linked since June 8, 1835, when John Batman sailed up the Yarra looking for a place for a village.
Jones puts up dukes to take on Melbourne
Harold Mitchell Radio personality Alan Jones is usually reporting the news. Now he is the news. Everyone loves a fight and we've got a beauty coming up.
All aboard the public relations bandwagon
Harold Mitchell I write in defence of the W-class trams. You know, the old green ones we grew up with. Many of our readers would remember going to school on them.
Cut it any which way - if it works, it works ...
Harold Mitchell Remember Billy Connolly's Harley trike? After the Aussie tour it was exported to Britain, where it was last seen for sale on eBay for £17,995.
Fickleness makes for a brand apart
Harold Mitchell Distinguishing Lagerfeld from Levi's has made us the planet's dominant species.
Digital era ends golden age for free-to-air TV
Harold Mitchell Kerry Packer didn't make all his money playing blackjack; though I'm reliably informed he spent a not inconsiderable amount of time at the tables trying to.
Relish a revival of abundance, beware snakes
Harold Mitchell Return from summer break brings refreshing look at the year ahead, and so it is with this humble little column.
Biding our time for catch of the day
Harold Mitchell Something fishy is going on with the telephone companies.
On the rails: ice skating lessons for grown-ups
Harold Mitchell J ust when I thought I could keep up with the grandchildren, Charlie tells me they're building ice-skating rinks again.
It must have been the budgie smugglers, old boy
Harold Mitchell I've had a thought that the good old days weren't so bad after all.
Newspapers' future juicy in land of oranges
Harold Mitchell With the Australian dollar moving to dizzy heights again, we see daily warnings from economists of both the opportunities and the dangers this brings.
ABC chief rattles the cage of mogul over user-pays
Harold Mitchell Is Mark Scott's pillorying of Murdoch's subscription model a tad hypocritical?
Stuck at the bottom of the acronym scrum
Harold Mitchell Like the French, a front-rower may bring tears to your eyes.
Make sure the ginger beer is from Asia
Harold Mitchell World leaders like gatherings with each other and want us ordinary folk to think those gatherings are very special.
Grassroots is all the go, but mind the buffalo
Harold Mitchell The importance of the local story, the local product and the local media.
In search of the 10 Australian heroes who 'get it'
Harold Mitchell It has been a roller-coaster year for media and marketing, and like all good things it eventually comes to an end.
10 who managed to shine despite the downturn
Harold Mitchell This week we announce the winners of the inaugural Charlie Awards, but before that, the biggest winner is Australia.
Perhaps there is room for a dinosaur
Harold Mitchell In hard times, we return to what we have always held dear.
