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Yes, but unlikely.

Its usually a deal with a 3rd-party that gives the guaranteed revenue based on views per week/month.

And the one publish ads gets absolutely no attention even though the numbers looks good. Who on the earth will watch a video stick at the corner of a news site page?

And yet everyone knows that those views are absolutely worthless. Who is paying for that? Who thinks this is a good use of their ad budget?

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