YouTube faces agency pressure over unwanted inventory

Also: Generative AI shows up in earnings chatter again A main beef is the fact that YouTube has for years enacted a policy of negative-option provisions in its Google Video Partner program — the part of YouTube’s ad offering that often places advertisers into non-YouTube content. July 31, 2023 [YouTube faces pressure from agencies to cede more control over unwanted inventory]( Agency [execs have grown increasingly frustrated]( with some of the methods employed by YouTube — and which Google has gone to great lengths to disprove. Additional coverage: - Dozens of companies have recently [mentioned generative AI in financial disclosures]( and during earnings calls. - In light of Dentsu's announced generative AI partnership with Microsoft, it's a good time to round up where each of the holding companies is at with their investments, partnerships and overall strategies. 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