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7:07 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.
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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
FCC Encourages Media Companies to Provide Confidential Complaints on Time Warner Cable Purchase  —  FCC Encourages Media Companies to Provide Confidential Complaints on Time Warner Cable Purchase  —  Entertainment companies are using the regulatory review of Comcast Corp.'s proposed takeover …
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.
Kate Aurthur / BuzzFeed:
Nikki Finke halts publishing news at her own site, acquiescing to Penske Media's demands  —  Has Nikki Finke Given Up Her Site?  —  Possibly!  —  nikkifinke.com  —  Has Nikki Finke folded?  According to three sources, the Hollywood writer/editor/entrepreneur/irritant will shut down nikkifinke.com …
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.”
 
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Austin Siegemund-Broka / Hollywood Reporter:
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Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:
China's biggest online video company, Youku Tudou, launches film division
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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:
Former NYT communications chief Robert Christie joins Alibaba as VP of International Media
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Global Post staff pay tribute to slain colleague, journalist James Foley
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As traditional media outlets scale back foreign bureaus, new media fills the void
Michelle Castillo / Adweek:
Vice Director of global marketing Jonathan Hunt joins Vox as VP for marketing & partnerships
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple and Google are in active talks to use Gemini to power some new iPhone features in 2024; Apple also held talks with OpenAI to use its models

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

 
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