{"id":2138,"date":"2021-12-13T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/2021\/12\/13\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/"},"modified":"2021-12-13T08:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:30:17","slug":"why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- shortcode [asyncjs] -->\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler) {\n                (function () {\n                    var s = document.createElement(\"script\");\n                    s.async = true;\n                    s.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n                    s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js';\n                    var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];\n                    n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);\n                }());\n            }<\/script>\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            var AdButler = AdButler || {};\n            AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\n            var abkw = window.abkw || '';\n            var plc376256 = window.plc376256 || 0;\n            document.write('<' + 'div id=\"placement_376256_' + plc376256+ '\"><\/' + 'div>');\n            AdButler.ads.push({\n                handler: function (opt) {\n                    AdButler.register(167788,376256, [300,250], 'placement_376256_' + opt.place, opt);\n                },\n                opt: {\n                    place: plc376256++,\n                    keywords: abkw ,\n                    domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com'\n                }\n            });\n        <\/script>\n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Fiona Foy, Senior Partner \u2013 Americas, Media Marketing Compliance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ana.net\/content\/show\/id\/industry-initiative-media-transparency-report\">the ANA highlighted the lack of transparency in the media and advertising supply chain in their groundbreaking report<\/a>. My colleague at Media Marketing Compliance, Stephen Broderick, was part of the group of select advisers that helped put that report together and we share a long-standing interest in bringing this issue to the fore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navigating the media world has become increasingly difficult for advertisers as there continues to be an ever-growing number of agency, or agency-related parties and external supplier influences involved in the delivery of campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advertiser and agency contracts should be updated regularly to reflect at least market changes but as important is to assess the agency\u2019s compliance with agreed terms to ensure they are acting in the advertiser\u2019s best interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, this kind of auditing is still overlooked and in the US market, which has the biggest budgets globally by some margin, it should be a concern for all our CMOs and CFOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- shortcode [asyncjs] -->\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler) {\n                (function () {\n                    var s = document.createElement(\"script\");\n                    s.async = true;\n                    s.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n                    s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js';\n                    var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];\n                    n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);\n                }());\n            }<\/script>\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            var AdButler = AdButler || {};\n            AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\n            var abkw = window.abkw || '';\n            var plc428354 = window.plc428354 || 0;\n            document.write('<' + 'div id=\"placement_428354_' + plc428354+ '\"><\/' + 'div>');\n            AdButler.ads.push({\n                handler: function (opt) {\n                    AdButler.register(167788,428354, [300,250], 'placement_428354_' + opt.place, opt);\n                },\n                opt: {\n                    place: plc428354++,\n                    keywords: abkw ,\n                    domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com'\n                }\n            });\n        <\/script>\n        \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Identifying Responsibility and Expertise <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When many people think of auditing media, they are naturally drawn to auditing performance \u2014 whether a campaign is working and reaching the right audiences. But these metrics are different from auditing whether your advertising agency is delivering on the terms of your agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An analogy that comes to mind is one of looking at a relationship from the outside. Everything appears to be ideal and working perfectly but you do not know what goes on behind closed doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How things look on the surface is not always the full picture and this can be true of your agency relationships \u2014 do you know how the agency operates beyond your day-to-day interactions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, you may think you have a world-class agreement with your agency. But are you testing it through auditing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Putting the Problem into Perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the complex nature of contract compliance, auditing the costs and agency processes or operations are not immediately visible to the naked eye and at the forefront of the relationship. It requires expertise. People who know the way the advertising supply chain works to identify them and present them to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you\u2019re not seeing what might be potentially owed in rebates, unbilled, inventory media etc., it\u2019s easy to ignore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marketing is one of the biggest outgoing spends for most big American businesses, aside from direct costs and payroll. It\u2019s typically the largest of indirect costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/-gartner-says-marketing-budgets-have-plummeted-to-6-4--of-overal\">A recent survey by Gartner,<\/a> which correlates with what we see ourselves across client accounts, is that marketing budgets are historically between 6% and 13% of revenue. To add to this, we know digital adspend is only predicted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/commerce\/digital-advertising-growth-ecommerce-cpg\/\" aria-label=\"rise, read on ad week\">rise<\/a> and now exceeds traditional media spend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s take those figures and say the average adspend for a large American business is 10% of company revenue \u2014 with an annual sales revenue of say $30billion and $3 billion allocated to marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of understanding of how efficiently and effectively the agency engine operates beyond the day-to-day interactions can have a significant cost impact on the advertiser. Losing a fraction of the percentage point of a $3billion marketing budget to non-compliance has a significant financial impact on the advertiser on all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why it\u2019s vital to understand how the agency has procured inventory media, the multiple related parties that are involved, digital rebate deals, service level agreements, and unbilled media positions. A compliance audit will analyse all of this, recover funds and avoid such losses moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Governance <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also a significant corporate governance element of showing your shareholders and regulators that your business partners are not only delivering significant business value but are spending your marketing budgets properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It should be front of mind for CFOs, given the volume of expenditure and highly complex ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our approach to this is totally in agreement with the ANA\u2019s slogan \u201ctrust but verify\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than ever, this is all about having the right contract. Advertisers need to truly consider the reasoning behind an agency\u2019s rejection or significant amendment of proposed contract language &#8211; particularly around audit rights, inventory (non-disclosed) media, payment terms and media benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trust but Verify<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, when did you last look deep into your agency relationship and bring external experts in to verify it? Do you have a full understanding of how your agency has managed your funds \u2014 from PO to paying third-, fourth- and fifth-party costs? Have you been provided with the resources you were contracted for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asking these questions can ensure your partners have acted in your best interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otherwise, without auditing, you may never see beyond the exterior that is presented to you daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- shortcode [asyncjs] -->\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">if (!window.AdButler) {\n                (function () {\n                    var s = document.createElement(\"script\");\n                    s.async = true;\n                    s.type = \"text\/javascript\";\n                    s.src = 'https:\/\/servedbyadbutler.com\/app.js';\n                    var n = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];\n                    n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n);\n                }());\n            }<\/script>\n        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            var AdButler = AdButler || {};\n            AdButler.ads = AdButler.ads || [];\n            var abkw = window.abkw || '';\n            var plc376257 = window.plc376257 || 0;\n            document.write('<' + 'div id=\"placement_376257_' + plc376257+ '\"><\/' + 'div>');\n            AdButler.ads.push({\n                handler: function (opt) {\n                    AdButler.register(167788,376257, [300,250], 'placement_376257_' + opt.place, opt);\n                },\n                opt: {\n                    place: plc376257++,\n                    keywords: abkw ,\n                    domain: 'servedbyadbutler.com'\n                }\n            });\n        <\/script>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the media world has become increasingly difficult for advertisers as there continues to be an ever-growing number of agency, or agency-related parties and external supplier influences involved in the delivery of campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5],"topics":[2],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-data","topics-editorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing | AW360<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Navigating the media world has become increasingly difficult for advertisers as there continues to be an ever-growing number of agency, or agency-related parties and external supplier influences involved in the delivery of campaigns.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AW360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Advertising Week\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Advertising Week\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Advertising Week\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ae698b8b96e141836006836db70d9e69\"},\"headline\":\"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":797,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/169compliance.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Modern Marketing + Measurement\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing | AW360\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/169compliance.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/169compliance.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/169compliance.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"phone with cubes with question marks\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/news\\\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\\\/2138\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/\",\"name\":\"AW360\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AW360\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/AW360_Logo_2023_FullColor.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/AW360_Logo_2023_FullColor.png\",\"width\":1906,\"height\":849,\"caption\":\"AW360\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\\\/aw360\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ae698b8b96e141836006836db70d9e69\",\"name\":\"Advertising Week\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Advertising Week\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/advertisingweek.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing | AW360","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing","og_description":"Navigating the media world has become increasingly difficult for advertisers as there continues to be an ever-growing number of agency, or agency-related parties and external supplier influences involved in the delivery of campaigns.","og_url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/","og_site_name":"AW360","article_published_time":"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Advertising Week","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Advertising Week","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/"},"author":{"name":"Advertising Week","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#\/schema\/person\/ae698b8b96e141836006836db70d9e69"},"headline":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing","datePublished":"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/"},"wordCount":797,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg","keywords":["Modern Marketing + Measurement"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/","url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/","name":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing | AW360","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg","datePublished":"2021-12-13T13:30:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/169compliance.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"phone with cubes with question marks"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/news\/why-the-us-urgently-needs-media-compliance-auditing\/2138\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why The U.S. Urgently Needs Media Compliance Auditing"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#website","url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/","name":"AW360","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#organization","name":"AW360","url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/AW360_Logo_2023_FullColor.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/AW360_Logo_2023_FullColor.png","width":1906,"height":849,"caption":"AW360"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/#\/schema\/person\/ae698b8b96e141836006836db70d9e69","name":"Advertising Week","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3136b4a05c15e5dac7e877b1998ec3e252a59b6da6e4b471522d944c91b71940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Advertising Week"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/advertisingweek.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14731,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions\/14731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingweek.com\/aw360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}