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Welcome to the world of Alice – a weekly glance at the absurdities of a life working in media.

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Welcome to the world of Alice – a weekly glance at the absurdities of a life working in media.

While November was a fairly poor month for the majority of commercial broadcasters, Channel 4 recorded a huge increase in revenue.

In the second of Mediatel’s two prediction specials, ISBA, Videology, Starcom, MEC, Xaxis, Newsworks, dunnhumby, iProspect, Newsworks and Xaxis tell us what they think 2016 will have in store.

The Times was up 3.4% last month, boosting its circulation by more than 13,000 copies – coupled with a 4.7% year-on-year increase to mark it out in an otherwise struggling market.

The Sun’s boost is even more impressive given the paywall was still in place for most of the month, suggesting stronger growth is yet to come.

Charlie Palmer to be appointed to the newly created role to deliver the editorial proposition of the platform.

The appointments come as Zenith looks to drive business growth.