Yahoo HotJobs-Newspapers Deal Reports Resurface; Announcement Monday?

Maybe the third time will be the charm — BW wrote in July that Yahoo was in talks with Hearst and MediaNews Group about a partnership that would include Yahoo HotJobs. (That was several months before Google announced newspaper ad test.) It resurfaced late last month when Peter Krasilovsky wrote that a deal matching HotJobs with 6-12 non-CareerBuilder publishers was close to being finalized. Now the Journal is reporting that a deal with six publishers could be announced Monday.The group includes MediaNews and Hearst, as expected, Belo Corp., E.W. Scripps Co., Lee Enterprises Inc. and Cox Enterprises Inc. Some details:
— It’s a “proposed” five-year agreement that can be renewed if performance metrics are met.
— Newspapers would be to sell HotJobs standalone or as part of a bundle, as well as employer access to the resume database.
— Other aspects could include technology and news partnerships.
HotJobs can use all the help it gets. Current market share, according to Morgan Stanley: CareerBuilder, 32 percent; Monster, 31 percent; HotJobs, 9 percent.
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