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US FTC advertising collusion probe dials up antitrust pressure on ad agencies

By Chris May, Alex Wilts, Ilana Kowarski and Clayton Vickers ( June 11, 2025, 22:16 GMT | Comment) -- Revelations about a US Federal Trade Commission probe into whether conservative publishers were targeted by illegal group boycotts from advertisers has upped the ante for an industry already facing state and congressional investigations, a private antitrust suit from billionaire Elon Musk, and a separate FTC examination of a high-profile merger between leading ad agency holding companies.Revelations about a US Federal Trade Commission probe into whether conservative publishers were targeted by illegal group boycotts from advertisers has upped the ante for an industry already facing state and congressional investigations, a private antitrust suit from billionaire Elon Musk, and a separate FTC examination of a high-profile merger between leading ad agency holding companies....

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