"We want to not just be with the curve, but be ahead of it. That's something we pride ourselves on. That's the move to make moving forward in the industry."
YouTube's Brandcast 2026, its branding for its advertiser upfront, took place on Wednesday night. There were two key announcements at the event.
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Let's be honest: the money being poured into AI infrastructure is staggering. You'd have to be naive to assume that ad dollars won't follow the eyeballs.
A series of Advertiser Perception studies commissioned by Cumulus and Westwood One shows a near 2x increase in programmatic audio advertising usage compared to 2022.
“Our expanded partnership with iHeartMedia brings broadcast radio into the same attribution framework as digital audio and other media, giving brands a more complete view of campaign performance.”
"We want to not just be with the curve, but be ahead of it. That's something we pride ourselves on. That's the move to make moving forward in the industry."
"Younger consumers are more likely to watch a 90-second TikTok summary of a political issue rather than read a long-form analysis from a traditional media outlet."