On the downward spiral

Could there be a more thankless task than trying to keep HMV afloat, by means of putting a backwards-baseball-cap on Nipper and inviting kids in to hey, chill or whatever?

It turns out, yes: HMV chief executive Simon Fox is being talked of as the favourite to replace Michael Grade at ITV.

ITV is the one that has Coronation Street on it. You remember.