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Emily Tan
Jun 17, 2015

Are global media reviews really about transparency?

The short answer is, “partly”. It’s all too easy to look for a single, rather exciting, cause behind the 21 (according to R3) global and North American media reviews but the truth is more complex, agree industry sources.

Digital is seen as the driving force behind the frenetic rate of pitching

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