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Ted Flanagan, Habu Chief Customer Officer, LiveRamp
As the commerce category evolves and expands to more verticals and use cases, the industry is seeing a proliferation of media networks. Thanks to retailers, there’s a blueprint for how data captured from the core business can power a new high-growth, high-margin revenue stream. Now, across many verticals — like travel and hospitality, rideshare, entertainment, financial services and more — data-rich enterprises searching for growth want to get in the game.
Launching and scaling a media network is a robust undertaking. These platforms leverage data in fundamentally different ways than the core business, requiring new strategic partnerships and integrations with media buying and selling technologies. Moreover, no CEO will pursue a new business line if it’s perceived to add risk to the enterprise, necessitating clear answers to questions about privacy, security and data governance.
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