Publisher rethinks the daily: it's free and printed and has blogs all over

28 January 2009 | 8:51 - By Stefano Boscutti

Amid the din of naysayers who insist that newspapers are on the verge of death, a new company wants to start dozens of new ones - with a twist.

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Joshua Karp, publisher of The Printed Blog, at his office. On Tuesday, the first issues, containing blog posts and advertising, will appear in Chicago and San Francisco for free distribution.  The Printed Blog, a Chicago start-up, plans to reprint blog posts on regular paper, surrounded by local ads, and distribute the publications free in big cities.  "We are trying to be the first daily newspaper comprised entirely of blogs and other user-generated content," he said. "There were so many techniques that I've seen working online that maybe I could apply to the print industry."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/technology/start-ups/22blogpaper.html

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