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Second-tier holdcos jockey for position behind the Big Three

Digiday’s Michael Bürgi reports that consultants now group Dentsu, Havas, Horizon, Stagwell and independents like Brandtech, Dept, Tinuiti and PMG as a forming second tier, even as S4 Capital leans on AI to rebuild Monks.

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