Printed Blog folds

The Printed Blog, a venture that aggregated blog content to create newspapers, ceased publication.
Founder Joshua Karp cited lack of funding.
Content for The Printed Blog was selected based on the votes of readers and their geographic location. Before its demise, the service produced 16 issues, distributed 80,000 print copies, with 100,000 copies downloaded (see News & Tech, February 2009).
“Despite a significant personal investment on my part, and the additional support of six or seven credit cards, we were unable to raise the minimum amount of money required to reach the next stage of our development,” Karp said. “This was a difficult decision for us, but the financial reality of the situation demanded that we suspend further publication immediately and indefinitely.”