I found this site by researching my own idea – similar to yours, but yet different. I am planning to start up a personal news site – based on (OK sound weird) news relevant to me and the people I kvow all over the world. It is linked up to the traditional community papers, but since we no longer belong to a typical community, we no longer share any community news. So – the paper will have stories regarding the lives of my friends, their businesses, sports their into, subjects they are interested in etc. Also, there will be the opportunity to advertise your own business at an affordable cost.

It is so hard to compete with advertising prices, hard to get your company in the paper and to get some well deserved media coverage. Another aspect for this paper is to get publicity for an event that is relevant for this group of people, ex a charity event based on network participation.

What do you think – worth a shot – or worth a place in the idea drawer.

Great suggestion, I’ve not read that Monocle article yet, but I’ll look it out this weekend. I saw this recently though: http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Web-Articles/The-Digital-News-Affairs-Conference/

Personally I love the days that a magazine I subscribe too arrives in the post. Its a ritual like process for me when I take my first browse through the issue. There is just something about the crisp feel and smell of a great piece of print.

Although a daily personal issue is a logistical nightmare, I think a weekly issue is more realistic. That way one can focus on the comment, insight and editorials rather that just the feed from the wire.

Regards,

Thomas

The whole print-on-demand tech stuff makes me wonder if this isn’t more feasible for a magazine (I only subscribe to the Sunday times as it is…) – I’d love to get just talk of the town, some art stuff and the occasional profile from The New Yorker – and I’d pay full price to receive less…

In any case, awesome, thought-provoking post!

However for magazines it offers a chance to stand out from the crowded market. There was a magazine (in the UK I think), which for one issue turned their front cover into a satellite image of each subscribers house.

So you got the magazine delivered (and I wish I could remember which one it was!) and you saw your own house on the front page. Pretty neat.