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When you think about Metallica, you think about the quintessential heavy metal band. Now luxury menswear designer, Brioni, has James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and company onboard to market its high-end clothing line, representing an image transformation that hopes to be an effective marketing campaign to sell expensive tuxedos to a whole new generation of men. It’s about branding, from one extreme…to the other.

The death of a Tesla Model S driver while the vehicle was in Autopilot mode raises questions about the future of autonomous cars. We spoke to the most connected man in the connected car industry, Strategy Analytics’ Roger Lanctot about self-driving cars and their potential impact on radio.

Last year, while U.S. radio broadcasters battled with Nielsen over the validity of a black box named Voltair, their Canadian counterparts were involved in a national effort to raise awareness for their newly named ratings service. When BBM changed it’s name to Numeris, radio and TV stations across Canada worked together to create a great success story for broadcasting.

Yesterday, we talked about raising the brainstorming bar. But even the best ideas fall short when they’re not executed well. Iconic TV producer Joe Sedelmaier believes the execution of an idea is more important than the idea itself.

The auto industry is in the fast lane, innovating with new dashboard ecosystems like Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. And now vehicles that drive themselves are just around the corner, stimulating the radio industry to rethink some of the “givens,” and reimagine what entertainment and information will look and sound like in the dashboards of the future. We spend a lot of time in this space, and have some fresh observations to share with you.

No medium is suffering through more disruption than print. Conde Naste’s artistic genius, Anna Wintour, recently spoke at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. She offers four great lessons about breaking through the norms to truly stand out in a disrupted world.

Predatory or complementary? Not all streaming radio pure plays are the same. And that contrast has never been more apparent than watching how Spotify and Pandora are approaching their sales marketing – against radio.

Garrison Keillor’s departure from “A Prairie Home Companion” is more than just about who will replace him. It’s about how public radio will replace his innovativeness during a time when creative new ideas are in short supply.

Apple may be famous for its iconic gadgetry, but a peak behind the Cupertino curtain reveals their marketing prowess often boiled down to coming up with that single line they could build campaigns around – like “There’s an app for that.”

It took them more than 50 years, but Sports Illustrated is finally creating a mega-event around its iconic “Swimsuit Issue.” For radio, the need for non-traditional revenue built around station brands has never been more important. Today, we look at radio’s opportunity in the NTR space.