Google Nexus Rumors: Asus, Motorola In; Samsung, LG Out?

Word on the street is that Asus and Motorola are in and Samsung and LG are out of Google’s Nexus program.
Google Nexus Rumors: Asus, Motorola In; Samsung, LG Out?
Google's Nexus devices may have new hardware partners AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
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So the rumors are starting to leak out about the next-generation of Nexus devices that Google will release, and word on the street is that Asus and Motorola will be in, and Samsung and LG are out.

The Nexus range of devices refers to the flagship products that Google releases with its own stock version of the Android operating system. Google works with hardware partners to make these devices at a low-cost, reportedly as a stock device that software developers can develop to, as well as a reference model for other Android hardware makers.