Article over at Poynter - "Customized Print Papers: Possible Today" - on the advances in printing technology making the old dream of getting "your own" newspaper delivered, with relevant ads, without the sports and with an extra helping of reviews. Just like Google reader - only in print...
"SRDP presses are now economical to purchase and operate only for daily newspapers of less than about 10,000 circulation" - so in other words they would be perfect for small, nimble ultra local start-ups, serving a high-paying niche. Or perhaps for company news in large factories or cube-farms. And that makes the leap into resorts and leisure only a small step away. Consider having one in Jamaica, delivering up localized versions adjusted for each cruise line as the ships come in every day during the season.
on a sidenote, it looks like the xbox live is expanding in (parts of) Europe as well this coming week - as reported by Last 100 in a remark, whilst really covering the update allowing for divX playback
...and the sun will soon turn around, from our point of view - xmas is around the corner...
