Monster inked partnerships with Freedom Communications Inc., North Jersey Media Group, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Times-Leader as the online job site gains traction in the newspaper industry.

Freedom later this month will launch co-branded employment sites at The Orange County (Calif.) Register, The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., and the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Ariz. Remaining Freedom papers and television Web sites will roll out the service by April.

NJMG, the Times-Leader and the Star-Bulletin will have their sites in production early this year.