Ad Buyers Question the Quality of Facebook’s Premium Video Ads

Posted Wednesday, October 3, 2018 7:43 am

Tim Peterson | Digiday

The quality of the publishers included in Facebook’s new top-shelf video ad program can vary, depending on whether an ad buyer considers National Geographic’s programming to be on par with MaxNoSleeves, a comedian with 220,000 Facebook followers known for his “dude fashion reviews.”

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Ad Buyers Question the Quality of Facebook’s Premium Video Ads

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