“Newspaper Publishers Aren’t Being Smart”

Newspaper publishers need to step up to new opportunities that are emerging in the local search arena, rather than hiding their heads in the sand, say Internet search executives.

Dave Galvan, director of business development at Yahoo said it’s hard to know if a partnership would benefit both sides because local newspapers are “terrified” that small business traffic aggregators are compromising their revenues from classified ads.

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