Mediagazer: It's Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results (Eric Enge/Search Engine Land)

10:45 PM ET, August 29, 2014

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A&E Networks agrees to pay $250M for a 10% share of Vice Media, valuing it at $2.5B — A&E Networks Buying Minority Stake in Vice Media — The deal for 10 percent of the digital media company would value it at $2.5 billion — A&E Networks has agreed to pay $250 million …

Discussion: TVNewser, Financial Times, Broadcasting & Cable, Bloomberg, Reuters, AdAge, @evelynrusli, @tomgara, @mlcalderone, Guardian, Poynter, @pkafka, @jboorstin and Multichannel News

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Vice set to raise another $250M from TCV for 10% stake; will end up with one of A&E's channels — Big Moves for Shane Smith: Vice Media Is Set to Raise $500 Million and Get Its Own Cable Channel — Cable TV viewers have had a chance to watch Shane Smith and his Vice Media reporters …

Discussion: @joshsternberg, @bluechoochoo and @pkafka

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, Variety, Gigaom, TechCrunch, Mashable, The Wrap, @reinvent_ed, Mashable, @edmundlee, @alexweprin, Bloomberg, @miriamgottfried, @stevekaplanpa, Business Insider, Capital New York and New York Magazine

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

An inside look at Apple's media strategy, its earlier control-obsessed regime, and the transformation with the departure of Jobs disciple Katie Cotton — Seeing Through the Illusion: Understanding Apple's Mastery of the Media — “Beautifully, unapologetically plastic.”

Discussion: Forbes, @dangillmor, @carnage4life, @martinsfp, @jyarow, @mat and BGR

Ethan / My heart's in Accra:

Self-segregation on social networks and the implications for the Ferguson, MO story — Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson on Saturday August 9, 2014. After his body lay in the hot street for four hours, Ferguson residents took to the streets to protest his killing.

Discussion: New York Times, @davelafontaine, @fgoldsmith, @jesseholcomb, @jayrosen_nyu, @infotweets, @stevesunypi and @dangillmor

Eric Enge / Search Engine Land:

It's Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results — After three years the great Google Authorship experiment has come to an end ... at least for now. — Today John Mueller of Google Webmaster Tools announced in a Google+ post that Google will stop showing authorship results …

Discussion: Forbes, @dannysullivan, @moorehn, @digiphile, the Econsultancy blog, Softpedia News, BetaNews, SocialTimes, CNET, MarketingVox News & Trends, Engadget, The Next Web, The Drum, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

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, AdExchanger, Reuters and @bmorrissey

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Hot playlist-focused music service 8tracks raises $1.28M — Streaming music service 8tracks has secured $1.28 million in new funding, according to an SEC Form D filed today. — 8tracks' service plays handpicked playlists featuring mainstream artists as well as any track from Soundcloud …

Discussion: @davidporter, RAIN News, Digital Music News, hypebot and vbprofiles.com

Catherine Taibi / The Huffington Post:

James Foley's Brother Says Journalists Need More Support — The brother of James Foley, the American journalist who was violently killed by the Islamic State, hopes that the death of his brother will now raise awareness about the importance of journalists worldwide.

Discussion: UK Blog on The Huffington Post

Janko Roettgers / Gigaom:

A year after getting acquired, Viki is looking to expand, starting with Bollywood — Viki wants to expand to around 40 content genres from around the world, and it's starting with Bollywood movies. — Global TV and movie streaming service Viki wants to bring Bollywood to the world.

Jason Hughes / The Wrap:

Netflix Tackles Politics in First French Original Series ‘Marseille’ — Netflix has had great success exploring American political intrigue with “House of Cards,” and now the streaming giant is setting its sights abroad with another series of political machinations, its first French Netflix original series, “Marseille.”

Discussion: ScreenDaily, ComingSoon.net and The Local

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: @heiditworek, @jayrosen_nyu, @jason_kint, @kevglobal and @raju