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Los Angeles, SanFrancisco, New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia. For instance, the latest semi-annual survey to track teen spending and trends by Piper Jiffray found that, for the first time in the survey’s history, post-millennials spend more time on YouTube than they do watching cable television. YouTube TV has gone live.
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