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Imagine what it would be like if posters were only visible for 30 minutes each day.
The only surprise about James Murdoch's elevation in the News Corp pecking order is that he is staying this side of the pond and not heading to join his dad in the Big Apple.
Another media year has shot by indecently quickly. It barely seems five minutes since we welcomed Michael Grade back to the commercial media world in January. But as the year ends our thoughts are increasingly dominated by words such as iPhone, Facebook (still) and Kangaroo.
As this is the last column of the year, I thought I would share with you some of the things I have learnt (or relearnt) over the past 12 months.
One of the features of internet life that has been discussed to the point of cliche is its role as democratiser.
Amid accusations of bottling it, two years ago, in the week before Christmas, Ofcom sneaked out a press release announcing that it would not, after all, be conducting an investigation into TV trading, which had been expected to commence early the following year.
Media Week often uncovers new products and technologies we think will interest you, our readers, and that we hope will help you do your jobs better and, ultimately, make you more money. At the very least, it keeps you informed of what's out there in the market-place, even if it's in its very early stages.
This week, Ocado, the online grocery service for Waitrose shoppers, announced that it is finally making a profit at "an operational level".
There are few industry events I would happily attend on my birthday, but the IPA Effectiveness Awards is at the top of the list.
When the British Medical Journal reports that binge-drinking women are turning up at hospital A&E departments with ruptured bladders, being so pissed they don't realise the need to spend a penny, it is clear that change is needed to the nation's drinking behaviour.
