Friday, October 18, 2019

For Sale at YouTube: Political Ad Space in 2020

Youtube is starting to provide political ad space.

The impact of digital media in politics is increasing rapidly.
Twitter and Youtube are the major tools for political ads and now Youtube is stepping up its political-ad. YouTube aims to take advantage of the growing sums being spent on advertising by a historically large field of presidential candidates.

Local TV ads have long been, and still, an important way to reach voters. Political TV ad spending is expected to reach $4.78 billion in 2020, compared with $2.85 billion for online and digital political ads, according to recent forecasts from Borrell Associates Inc., a marketing research firm.

President Trump and the nearly 20 Democrats running for president have so far spent $23.3 million on Google and $46.7 million on Facebook, according to the most recent data analyzed by Acronym, a progressive nonprofit that tracks digital spending.

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