Mediagazer: Sun Valley: Cable Consolidation, Murdoch and Digital Disruption Among Big Themes (Brent Lang/Variety)

7:35 PM ET, July 7, 2014

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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:

Katie Stanton to Replace Exiting Twitter Media Chief Chloe Sladden (Exclusive) — Less than a month after the departure of Twitter Media chief Chloe Sladden, the social media giant has found her replacement. — Katie Jacobs Stanton, previously vice president of international market development …

Discussion: @jeffjarvis and @alecjross

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:

Bill Keller on His Criminal Justice Start-up the Marshall Project, Orange Is the New Black, and the Storm at the New York Times — The Paper of Record's former executive editor discusses his new start-up and the big ship he left behind. — After 30 years at the New York Times …

Discussion: @ggreenwald, @kevinroose, @edpilkington, @nymag, @jayrosen_nyu, @joecoscarelli, Mediaite, The Corsair and The Huffington Post

Michael King / American Journalism Review:

Journalism Enrollments Fell Two Years in a Row. Is it the Start of a Downward Trend? — Total enrollment in the nation's journalism schools has dropped, research by a team at the University of Georgia shows, triggering a variety of responses from the schools and raising questions about the future of journalism education.

Discussion: @leehalltweets, @wccordell, @ryanchittum, @mattdpearce, @jonathanmattise, @wpjenna and The Newspaper Guild

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

HuffPost UK EIC Carla Buzasi stepping down, being replaced by Stephen Hull — Carla Buzasi to leave Huffington Post — Stephen Hull steps up as site's UK founding editor joins fashion data and insight firm WGSN as global chief content officer — Huffington Post UK has lost its founding editor …

Discussion: @chrisdeerin, @marksweney, @carlabuzasi and Press Gazette

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

YouTube's 2013 revenue was reportedly $3.5 billion — YouTube generated $3.5 billion in revenue for Google in 2013, according to a report from the Information, which also states that the video service was profitable last year. However, that number is below analyst estimates …

Discussion: VentureBeat, The Information and Mashable

Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:

Egyptian president says he wished the Al Jazeera journalists were never put on trial — EGYPT LEADER WISHES JOURNALISTS WEREN'T TRIED — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president acknowledged for the first time that the heavy sentences handed down to three Al-Jazeera journalists had a “very negative” …

Discussion: Poynter, TVNewser, Guardian, Reuters, Al Jazeera English, english.ahram.org.eg, BBC, The Daily Beast, Agence France-Presse, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, @hadas_gold, Latest, Globe and Mail and Firstpost

Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:

Michael Provus Named Rolling Stone Publisher — Michael Provus has been promoted from associate publisher to publisher of Rolling Stone. Provus had served as associate publisher since 2010. — Provus is succeeding Chris McLoughlin, who announced he was leaving amid some chaos at the magazine.

Discussion: WWD Media Headlines

Libby Brooks / Guardian:

Andy Coulson to face court over alleged perjury during Tommy Sheridan trial — Charge of perjury relates to evidence former News of the World editor gave during Sheridan's own trial for perjury in 2010 — The former No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson was served on Monday with an indictment relating …

Discussion: The Independent, Associated Press and Media Law Prof Blog

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

‘Impressive’ hyperlocal news sites are campaigning and investigating — Survey finds much to appreciate in community journalism — A new survey of hyperlocal online news sites reveals that many of them have been responsible for investigative and campaigning journalism.

Discussion: @daveharte

Guardian:

Guardian appoints Jane Martinson as head of media — Women's editor takes up new role in September overseeing all coverage of the media industry in print and online — Jane Martinson, the Guardian women's editor, has been appointed as the new head of media. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian

Discussion: Politico, @media_focus_uk, @piersmorgan and @wij_uk

Peter Sterne / Capital New York:

Internal tensions at Jezebel after deputy editor Dodai Stewart passed over for top job — Mixed emotions as Jezebel gets new editor — The announcement two weeks ago that Emma Carmichael, editor of The Hairpin, will succeed Jessica Coen as editor-in-chief of Jezebel left …

Discussion: @jeremymbarr, @juliacarriew, @johndurant, @christrobbins and FishbowlNY

Brent Lang / Variety:

Sun Valley: Cable Consolidation, Murdoch and Digital Disruption Among Big Themes — Media and technology moguls are jetting to Sun Valley, Idaho this week for mountainside pressing of the flesh and potentially some deal-making. — The exclusive confab, sponsored by investment bank Allen & Co. …

Discussion: Politico, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and Business Insider