Ansira Buys BrightWave to Expand Marketing Services
For marketers who prefer human assistance, martech services firm Ansira has purchased BrightWave, an agency specializing email and CRM services. It’s Ansira’s third acquisition in the past year.
For marketers who prefer human assistance, martech services firm Ansira has purchased BrightWave, an agency specializing email and CRM services. It’s Ansira’s third acquisition in the past year.
The CDP Institute today launched RealCDP, a program to certify that systems meet the Institute’s definition of a Customer Data Platform. The project offers a five-point checklist that any CDP must meet. It is intended to reduce confusion in the CDP market. Qualified vendors will get a spiffy badge for their Web site.
Let’s end with some good news: Ads.txt seems to be working. Fraud intelligence company Pixalate found 19% lower fraud rates on sites using ads.txt, which helps to ensure that people selling ads for a Web site are authorized to do so. Adoption is now around 75% although it may have stalled.
It’s deal-making time for generative AI model builders and publishers who can provide them with quality data. Germany publishing giant Axel Springer is trading access to its data for Microsoft adtech, AI, and Azure hosting solutions. Meanwhile, The Financial Times has struck a deal with OpenAI to license its content with attribution of summaries and quotes.