The Journalism Foundation media monitor, 9 January 2012

‘John Kampfner steps down as Index on Censorship Chief Executive’
Index on Censorship’s Chief Executive will be stepping down at the end of March and moving to a job at Google

‘Press gangs of New York’
Following the announcement that Colin Myler will be taking on the position of editor-in-chief at the New York Daily News, there is talk of “a new round of turmoil”

‘Guardian iPad app adds Weekend section as downloads pass 500k’
Since its launch, the Guardian iPad edition app has passed the 500, 000 downloads mark

‘BBC World Service To Run Ads On Some Websites And Radio Stations’
The BBC Trust is set to start running advertising on several of BBC World Service websites as well as in radio broadcasts

‘Diane Abbott was careless but she didn’t deserve the sharkfest’
The Week’s Matthew Carr discusses Diane Abbott’s Twitter story of last week

‘This Week in Review: Lessons from Murdoch on Twitter, and paywalls’ role in 2011-12’
Nieman Journalism Lab put together a thorough review of last week

‘4 Questions With Liz Heron, The New York Times Social Media Editor’
Liz Heron answers questions about the relatively new role of social media editor

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