Trying to put these changes in context? Here’s help: the CDP Institute just released its semi-annual industry update, now covering more than 50 vendors. We look at changes in vendor counts, funding and employment by region and product type. Fascinating, if you’re into that sort of thing. And you are.
Is there a prize for first acquisition of the year? If so, Account Based Marketing vendor Terminus just won it by announcing they’re buying BrightFunnel, which specializes in B2B marketing analytics and attribution. It’s pretty far from Terminus’ core business in targeted display ads, which just shows the extent of their ambition to become a full service B2B marketing platform.
Or should we go full retro and predict the rebirth of TV? Quite possible, so long as a it’s a modern, interactive TV that’s as good at spying on you personalizing your experience as your computer or mobile device. Here’s a Wall Street Journal article on three companies leading the way.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.