Just for Me?
In a grumptacular state of red wine induced hungoverness, I perused through my Google reader’s customized content. Hello Niiu. It’s a start-up newspaper based in Germany whose papers will be delivered for the first time on November 16th. Not just a paper, but a customized paper very similar to the digital content my google reader’s rss feeds aggregate. You pick your content, Niiu prints it, and then it gets delivered to your door.
One thing that may prove challenging to their revenue stream is that the reader selects the content that will be printed online the evening before it is delivered. Why would I get a print version of something I’ve already read? It’s unclear whether the stories would be blurred, leaving only headlines available for selection. Would I still be interested in the topic the next morning? Or would I move on to the latest and greatest updates in my GReader?
