Data movement platform RudderStack has announced an integration to easily move data in and out of cross-channel marketing platform Iterable. Rudderstack calls itself a “warehouse-first, CDP built for developers”, although it doesn’t meet the CDP Institute definition because it doesn’t maintain customer profiles. It does provide one of the tools that companies can combine to mimic CDP functionality.
No topic inspires as much discussion as cookieless advertising. NBCUniversal added to the chatter with news about its One Platform, which includes a proprietary ID graph of 150 million individuals. The latest developments let advertisers append external data to the NBCU ID. Other news includes a partnership with Salesforce and Mediaocean to automate programmatic TV buying workflows, use of contextual signals to personalize ad creative, and certification of new measurement partners that are not Nielsen.
API connections are another way that companies can patch together something resembling a CDP (or do a lot of other, non-CDP things). RapidAPI has made a business of helping companies to find, manage, and build APIs. They just raised a $150 million Series D, having grown to more than four million users since they were founded in 2015.
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.