With lingering YouTube issues, Google battles broader reputational challenges from agencies

With lingering YouTube issues, Google battles broader reputational challenges from agencies

Media agencies struggle with balancing Google's sprawling influence over their businesses on a number of fronts: "If it was just YouTube, and they were just a video provider, it would be a very different thing."

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