Advertisers further probe ad buying transparency on YouTube

Advertisers further probe ad buying transparency on YouTube, despite platform's protestations

One month after the publication of a hotly contested report on the transparency of media buys on YouTube, advertisers are probing the industry’s largest seller of online ad space for better answers.

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