Radio Execs Speak: How smart speakers will boost radio. But what about measurement? Privacy?

By Linda Stuart

TORONTO — With a little more prep time, the radio executive superpanel at Canadian Music Week’s annual Radio Interactive Summit may have turned into a drinking game, if moderator Sharon Taylor’s last-minute idea to offer panellists a choice between answering questions or downing a shot had come to fruition…As it was, discussion among the radio execs was free flowing during Thursday afternoon’s panel, with topics ranging from the impact of smart speakers and voice assistants in the home, to audio streaming, to some of the business challenges related to audience measurement and big data.Despite ad revenue continuing to diminish for...