Mercury PA Targets NGOs for Qatar
Thu., Dec. 12, 2019
By Kevin McCauley
Omnicom’s Mercury Public Affairs unit has landed a $360K one-year contract with Qatar for research, intelligence-gathering on NGOs, academic groups active in the Middle East.
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Omnicom’s Mercury Public Affairs unit has landed a $360K one-year contract with Qatar for research, intelligence-gathering on NGOs, academic groups active in the Middle East.
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