Hot Off the Press, Blogs in Print
Commuters in three select neighborhoods of Chicago and one in San Francisco had a new offering to consider for their morning read today, The Printed Blog. This new free glossy newspaper will carry content from well know blogs and from its readers.
Starting as a weekly offering this stretched tabloid size paper covers all topics with selections gathered a wide range of writers. Sources ranged from large national blogs, such as Daily Kos, to the music blog CreamTeam.tv and the literary site The Nervous Breakdown. A clean wide layout makes the paper look much like the web pages of the blogs themselves.
The New York Times reports that 300 bloggers have given The Printed Blog permission to publish their work for a share of the ad revenue. Founder and Publisher Joshua Karp also told the Times that he hopes eventually to publish two neighborhood editions a day of the paper in a number of cities around the country.
The Printed Blog website explains that the content of the paper will vary from neighborhood to neighborhood. “The selection of content in The Printed Blog is based solely on the votes of readers and their geographic location.”
In an atmosphere where newspaper owners are trying anything to get readers, having a business plan which includes putting commercial printers in the homes of its distributors might just work… if its not picked up by a bigger company first.
More Info:
Read the New York Times Article here
Read the Wired Blog here
Download the first issue of The Printed Blog here
