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Mar 4, 2010

Should clients pitch in to the tender process?

The idea of clients coughing up cash for media agency pitches has been given extra weight by the recession. So is it time to share the financial burden? We've asked two media agency heads, a marketing consultant and a digital network chief for their input.

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