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UK flack skewers big client eBay in press release

Owen Thomas ยท 12/14/07 06:45PM

Like thousands of people around the world right now, Mark Jackson is peeved at eBay about some purchase gone sour. A Nintendo DS Lite, to be precise. Jackson was so peeved that he sent an email to several U.K. press outlets, copying eBay and demanding a response. This is only notable because Jackson is a high-ranking executive at Hill and Knowlton. And eBay does business with Hill and Knowlton all around the world โ€” but substantially cut its budget in the last month. Here's Jackson's screed โ€” and more about its curious timing.