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• For Second Straight Year, YouTube Recruits Agencies To Showcase Six-Second Ads At Sundance
• YouTube Alters Partner Program Eligibility, Vows All Google Preferred Videos Will Be Human-Verified

  Amid ongoing brand safety concerns from advertisers and revenue worries within the creator community, YouTube is instituting sweeping changes.

  
• YouTube Will Use Human, Technological Methods To Vet Premium Ad Tier Google Preferred

  YouTube will vet the Google Preferred catalog it presents to advertisers through both human and technological safeguards.

  
• Snapchat Reportedly Weighing Integration Of 3-Second Skippable Pre-Roll Ads

  Snapchat may be looking to take a page out of the YouTube playbook with three-second pre-roll ads that will then offer users the option to skip.

  
• After The Adpocalypse, JP Morgan Created Its Own YouTube Ad Safety Tool
• Facebook Will Test Long-Eschewed Pre-Roll Ads In Watch, Alters Format For Mid-Rolls
• Refinery29 Lays Off 34 Employees Amid “Challenging” Year For Digital Media
• Instagram Removes Stories Ad With Hair Strand To Trick Users Into Swiping Up
• Dude Perfect, Melissa McCarthy Among Stars Of YouTube’s Top Ten Ads Of 2017
• YouTube Will Reportedly Make Advertisers Pay More To Ensure Placement On Top-Level Videos
• Christa Carone To Oversee Sales, Marketing, and Data As Group Nine’s New President
• Behind The Brand Deal: Dulce Candy