I had this idea about 10 minutes ago on my way to the mailbox. Since I believe that ideas aren't worth anything on their own, I submit it here to see what you guys think about its potential. Here's the idea:
A magazine that finds interesting blogs, bundles them together (maybe with themes), and publishes them in a print magazine.
My thoughts on this>
People could be exposed to new/interesting blogs that they might not find on their own. They can also read up on their favorite blogs in places that they normally wouldn't be able to (anywhere they don't want to pull their laptop out).
There are some pros for blog publishers too: For new and undiscovered writers they can have their blogs featured. More established writers could opt to publish with a revenue sharing model.
Of course there are also the articles about Adsense optimization, etc.
Another variation of this idea would be a system for bloggers to have their blogs bundled up and printed in a magazine to give as a gift to their readers, similar to amateur musicians making a family and friends CD.
Anyways, what do you guys think? Is something like this even feasible? Any gaping holes that I haven't even realized yet? (And remember, I just thought of this a few minutes ago.)
1) Why does everyone think that they'll have trouble from blogs for republishing? It's huge extra exposure - I feel that you'll get tons of people interested.
2) Go away from publishing blog posts to stories about the bloggers (egos), about how they started their idea, features on getting started, new stories by bloggers, etc. The TOPIC is blogging, not the posts that they've written. Remember that and you have your focus.
3) It's simply not a topic covered by any major magazine
The bad -
1) Magazines are indeed dying. Ad revenues are down and continue to drop.
2) It's ironic to cover such a new media with such an old one and the irony will hit people as they read it.
3) You're going to need a good deal of money to start this up and do circulation.