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AdAge: New Report Cites Skyrocketing Growth of Internal Agencies

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In news that’s surprising to no one, in-house agencies are on the rise. What is new, however, is just how much. The vast majority, or 78 percent, of members of the Association of National Advertisers have some form of in-house agency, according to a new report by the group, which surveyed 412 client-side marketers. And many of those marketers who don’t already have internal agencies are considering the strategy—of the 22 percent minority, eight percent said they are thinking about opening an in-house group.

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Adweek: ANA Letter Suggests Members Cooperate With FBI’s Criminal Investigation Into Media Buying Practices

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Today the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) released a letter to its primary members this morning confirming that the FBI has reached out seeking assistance in its ongoing investigation into potentially illegal media buying practices within the ad industry.

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The Wall Street Journal: FBI Seeks Help from Advertising Trade Group in Media-Buying Probe

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The Association of National Advertisers said the Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing media buying in the advertising industry and has requested help from the trade group and its members, confirming an earlier report in the Wall Street Journal.

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Campaign: ANA Calls For Audits Amid FBI Media Buying Probe

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The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) is assisting the FBI with its investigation into media buying practices, the organization has confirmed. Members have been notified and are urged to review their media buying history and contracts.

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MediaPost: FBI Seeks Help Identifying Advertisers That May Be Victims Of Fraud

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reached out to the ANA seeking its help — and that of its membership — with an investigation the Bureau and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York are conducting into potentially fraudulent media-buying practices.

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MediaPost: Official And Confirmed (Indirectly): Feds Are Probing Media-Buying Practices

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Today we got the first (if indirect) confirmation that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney General’s Office for the Southern District of New York have launched a formal investigation into media-buying practices.

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AdAge: Feds’ Media-Buying Probe is “Cloud That Will Hang Over The Industry”

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After years of industry claims about non-transparent practices in the media-buying industry, federal prosecutors are reportedly probing those practices and have begun issuing subpoenas.

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