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Idea #355: aggregate blogs and print them

By Julie Starr | Published: January 16, 2009
The Printed Blog logoWhile on the subject of business models, Joshua Karp in the US is experimenting with The Printed Blog, a daily round-up of aggregated blogposts printed and distributed for free. It bills itself as "an independent media outlet that aggregates user-generated content from the Internet and publishes it twice daily via print. The result is a revolutionary newspaper that reads and functions like a web feed - yet can still be enjoyed on the train or spread across the breakfast table, for an uninterrupted, pleasurably tactile experience.
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NZ blog gets a boost from going into print

By Julie Starr | Published: April 16, 2008
Here's an interesting case study of a neighbourhood blog gaining some early success - in part because it's printed and delivered to local letterboxes. It's a NZ site called Flying Pickle (but thanks to UK blogger Seamus McCauley for the link) and it serves three suberbs outside Wellington - Korokoro, Maungaraki and Normandale - with an approximate population of 6,500 people: "peaceful, sleepy, middle class suburbs with a handful of local shops, 3 schools, 3 kindys, reasonable broadband penetration, a good deal of home-based businesses."
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