First there were newspapers, then blogs, then blogs on newspaper sites. Now? Newspapers composed entirely of blog posts called The Printed Blog.
"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.(Source: The New Century, NYTimes)
The first issues of this Internet-era penny-saver will appear in Chicago and San Francisco on Tuesday. They will start as weeklies, but Joshua Karp, the founder and publisher, hopes eventually to publish free neighborhood editions of The Printed Blog twice a day in many cities around the country.
“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.'"