Statesman Part of Yahoo’s Deal with Newspapers

The Austin American-Statesman and other Cox newspapers, along with 150 other papers nationwide, have partnered with Yahoo! in a deal designed to bring more advertising revenue to the papers and more content to Yahoo. The partnership begins in December with Yahoo’s HotJobs service.

There has been plenty of discussion since the news came out yesterday. Here are a few perspectives:

• It’s Official: Yahoo HotJobs-Seven Newspaper Publishers Join Forces; Deal Includes Local News (paidContent.org)
• 176 Newspapers to Form a Partnership With Yahoo (New York Times)
• The yahoos and Yahoo (Jeff Jarvis, Buzzmachine)
• Can Yahoo! and Local Papers Save Each Other? (TechCrunch)