With heightened concerns about brand safety and transparency, more marketers are taking control of their programmatic advertising activities, according to a new survey from the Association of National Advertisers released today.

The survey of 149 client-side marketers in June and July showed 35% of respondents indicating their firms have expanded in-house programmatic media-buying capabilities, reducing the role of external agencies that previously handled those responsibilities. That’s up from 14% compared to a previous study conducted in 2016 by the ANA and Forrester.

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