Mediagazer: Former NYT communications chief Robert Christie joins Alibaba as VP of International Media (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

2:30 PM ET, August 29, 2014

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Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

Time Warner Ends Negotiations to Buy Stake in Vice Media — Time Warner has ended negotiations to buy a major stake in Vice Media, according to a person briefed on the discussions. — The two companies started talking in June about the possibility of a joint venture.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Poynter, The Wrap, Capital New York, Variety, Business Insider, @edmundlee, @reinvent_ed, Mashable and @stevekaplanpa

Om Malik:

Google could help the news industry by building a search tool with better historical context — How Google can really help news & media — Earlier this month, folks from Google invited me along with Kara Swisher and Audrey Cooper for a conversation about the future of news.

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu, @kevglobal and @jason_kint

Sharon Cotliar / People:

Chelsea Clinton Is Leaving NBC News — Chelsea Clinton says she's stepping out of her correspondent job as she looks forward to taking on mom duties — After not quite three years as a special correspondent for NBC News - and with just a little while until she and husband Marc Mezvinsky …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Wrap, Variety, FishbowlDC, Politico, TVNewser, Vanity Fair, @pbump, @ananavarro, @bkcolin, @amyargetsinger, Entertain This! and New York Magazine

Angela Haggerty / The Drum:

Financial Times moves into wearables with launch of fastFT app on Samsung Gear S — The Financial Times has launched its fastFT service on the Samsung Gear S in its first venture into the wearables space. — The publisher has teamed up with technology provider Spritz to create the app …

Discussion: Financial Times and @sub8u

Garett Sloane / Adweek:

Publicis Groupe Looking to Buy Ad Tech Firm Criteo — Deal talk sends stock soaring — Publicis Groupe has its sights on an acquisition of ad tech firm Criteo, according to reports today. The media holding company's interest helped propel Criteo's stock up nearly 20 percent.

Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters and @bmorrissey

Ishbel Macleod / The Drum:

BBC could soon overtake CNN as leader of online news — BBC's global audience has grown to 73.4m unique browsers, taking the corporation to just 200,000 under CNN, the leader for online news visits. — The research by comScore found that the BBC's global audience has grown by 30 per cent since 2012.

Austin Siegemund-Broka / Hollywood Reporter:

President Obama Nominates New ‘Piracy Czar’ — He would coordinate the administration's antipiracy and intellectual property policy — President Barack Obama has nominated Danny Marti to be the new U.S. intellectual property enforcement coordinator, or “piracy czar.”

Discussion: VentureBeat, Gigaom, @bmorrissey and Variety

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Former NYT communications chief Robert Christie joins Alibaba as VP of International Media — Former Times comms chief heads to Alibaba — Robert Christie, the former communications chief of The New York Times Company, is joining the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group as vice president …

Discussion: @bobtheprguy

Bloomberg:

California Lawmakers Strike Deal to Boost Film Tax Credit — California Governor Jerry Brown and lawmakers struck a deal to more than triple the tax credit for Hollywood studios to stem the flight of film and TV production to other states. — The $330 million annual subsidy …

Discussion: LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap and Variety

Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:

China's biggest online video company, Youku Tudou, launches film division — China's Youku Tudou Launches Film Division — Internet video giant's newly formed Heyi Film Inc. is described as the “first online and offline film company” — China's biggest online video company Youku Tudou …

Discussion: Variety

David Case / GlobalPost:

Global Post staff pay tribute to slain colleague, journalist James Foley — Here's what James Foley meant to us — GlobalPost's editorial team pays tribute to our slain colleague and friend. — BOSTON — The scene is pure adrenaline. — First, you hear panicked rebels crying “Allahu Akbar” — God is great.

Discussion: @louisestory, @thomaswmucha, @corinnepurtill, St. Louis Public Radio, @karenleez, @bradycarlson, @markscheffler and @cegoldbaum

Agence France-Presse:

Anti-graft officers raid Hong Kong media tycoon's home — Hong Kong anti-corruption officials early Thursday raided the home of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken mogul whose media empire is often fiercely critical of Beijing. — The swoop comes at a time of growing disquiet in Hong Kong over the erosion …

Discussion: TIME, Bloomberg, McClatchy Washington Bureau, Wall Street Journal and Guardian

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Huffington Post hosting its first political debate, between Californian democrats — Huffington Post to host inaugural political debate — The Huffington Post is getting into the debate game. — The website will host an Oct. 6 showdown at California's San Jose State University between …

Discussion: @huffpostmedia and @niemanlab

Eric Blattberg / Digiday:

Mashable turns to YouTube as branded video becomes the main focus of its monetization strategy — Why Mashable centers its video strategy on YouTube — Most publishers pushing into video try get people to their sites and then use YouTube for marketing. Not so for Mashable …