News Jemima Khan leaves Independent for New Statesman The former associate editor at the Independent has left the title to take up the same role at the New Statesman By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: Joe Shlabotnik on Facebook. Some rights reserved. News NYT.com: 'incredibly surprising' growth in unique users Assistant managing editor Jim Roberts reveals 2.3% year-on-year increase in unique users despite introduction of digital subscriptions earlier this year By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
Credit: BBC News Tajik BBC reporter found guilty on extremism charge Urunboy Usmonov, who has worked for the BBC Central Asian service for the past decade, was sentenced to three years in prison but released after being granted amnesty By Joel Gunter • 1 min read
Credit: PA News Mail on Sunday sales fall back below 2m after second bad month Although still the most popular Sunday title, the Mail suffered a second significant monthly fall, losing around 120,000 sales in a 5.6% drop By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News Nova24 editor: The situation for Italian newspapers 'is tragic' Luca De Biase, editor-in-chief of Nova24, part of the II Sole 24 Ore newspaper in Italy, tells the conference why the situation in the country "is not good news" for newspapers By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Knight News Challenge to run three times a year Senior advisor to the president of the Knight Foundation Eric Newton told the World Editors Forum the five-year project will be continued By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News WEF calls for pressure on Eritrea to release journalists Erik Bjerager renews calls for the release of all journalists detained in Eritrea, as he presents the 2011 Golden Pen of Press Freedom to the brother of Dawit Isaak By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Tory peer Lord Hunt named as new PCC chairman Former MP will take over from Baroness Buscombe next week as the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: jfeuchter on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Wall Street Journal resignation linked to 'circulation scam' European edition of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper has denied accusations that it secretly purchased thousands of its own papers in order to boost circulation figures By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Global circulation falls as readers become 'promiscuous' WAN-IFRA delivers its World Press Trends report, which found that circulation declined globally by 2%, but showed disparity between the east and west By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Keith Perch quits as Leicester Mercury editor Respected editor steps down with immediate effect, becoming the latest in a number of high-profile regional resignations this year By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Cernavoda on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Reporters Without Borders to open Tunisia bureau Press freedom group is opening the bureau in a bid to raise awareness among Tunisian authorities of violations of media freedom By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
