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Leading PR agencies worldwide 2018
Leading PR agencies worldwide in 2018, by fee income (in million U.S. dollars)
by A. Guttmann,
last edited
Oct 9, 2019
In a ranking of global PR agencies by annual fee income for 2018, Ketchum, Inc. placed fifth, with an estimated fee income of 545 million U.S. dollars. That year Edelman was the front runner of PR agencies, with fee income surpassing 800 million dollars.
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by A. Guttmann,
last edited
Oct 9, 2019
In a ranking of global PR agencies by annual fee income for 2018, Ketchum, Inc. placed fifth, with an estimated fee income of 545 million U.S. dollars. That year Edelman was the front runner of PR agencies, with fee income surpassing 800 million dollars.
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