07-16-2006, 09:44 AM
Quote: Major newspaper companies and three online giants are deep in discussion about the future of newspapers on the Web.
Yahoo! and a loose consortium of newspaper publishers are mulling a partnership that would encompass Web classifieds, local news, and content packages based on general themes, like travel. This could drive more traffic to Yahoo's help-wanted site HotJobs , which trails its key competitors, and bolster future Yahoo moves into local offerings. Newspaper companies would build a network within what is one of the Web's top destinations and win a crucial concession in today's search-engine economy: getting a cut of the ads sold around search results of their content. It's a sore spot for publishers that this doesn't happen now...
full article: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/con..._id=search