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Is YouTube TV or Social Media? (And Why It Matters)

September 10, 20261:15

AdWeek senior media reporter Mark Stenberg breaks down YouTube's unique positioning between social media and traditional television. While social networks launch TV features and TV studios experiment with micro-dramas, YouTube sits in a hybrid space: lacking a traditional social graph, yet consumed like social media on the big screen.