What does the Yahoo deal mean to the future of the news industry?

What does the Yahoo deal mean to the future of the news industry?  MGP2006 participants Jeff Jarvis, Staci Kramer, Rick Edmonds, Vin Crosbie and others are among folks weighing in. To stimulate discussion, we've posted a discussion-starter at the MGP Forum, with a series of interpreted links. If the topic interests you, go to this URL, read in, and then post any reply from there:
http://www.mgp-forum.org/node/94