In what is a fairly significant development, Google has announced the launch of "Subscribe with Google" a service which allows news publishers to offer subscription services to users. Subscribe with Google will allow a seamless sign-in and payment flow via the Google account, and payments via credit card. At the launch, Philipp Schindler, Chief Business Officer at the company said that this is a small revenue share deal, with a large percentage going to the publisher. Responding to MediaNama's question, the company declined to elaborate on the specifics of the revenue share, about whether there is a standardised revenue share, or on who can sign up: whether it's an open service that any blog can offer to its readers. What Richard Gingras, VP (News) at Google did say was, that the revenue share covers the costs of the operation, and that the focus is on News coverage (as opposed to blogs). What's being rolled out is a base product for subscription: responding to a question, Gingras said that the company might want to look at how they might accommodate memberships in terms of subscription carousel, given that subscription vs membership is a subtle change. In the same manner, bundling of multiple publications could be possible, but that would depend on the willingness from the publications to partner for bundling. At launch, Bonita Stewart, VP (Global Partnerships) for the search giant said that they're launching with 17 partners, with partners from US, Mexico, Brazil, UK, Japan, Australia, and have 59…
