The Printed Blog

Friends,
It is with great sadness that I must report that, due to a lack of outside investment capital, The Printed Blog is ceasing publication.
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 [...]

There are a lot of people to thank.
First, I thank my wife Elaine, for giving me the opportunity to pursue a dream, and supporting me when I had to work 20 hours a day for months and months.
Second, the team – bar none, the most talented and committed group of individuals I have ever had [...]

I’m what you would call a serial entrepreneur, I suppose.
For me, that means I’ll work to save up some money, then I’ll spend it all trying to get a startup off the ground. Alternately, I might be what you’d call a man with a gambling problem. But let’s not split hairs.
Prior to The Printed Blog, [...]

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Not quite as fun as baking cookies from scratch. And much less delicious.

Thursday night, a few brave souls from The Printed Blog staff - Josh, Jeff, Jenn, and Todd to be exact - stayed until the wee small hours to cut and paste (literally) all seven editions of The Printed Blog issue 13 together. [...]

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Erie & Rush
Wacker & State
Aon Center
Thursday (6-9 AM)
Belmont Red Line
Damen Blue Line
*We won’t be distributing at Southport this week*
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City Hall
Daley Plaza
Two North Riverside
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Greetings! Josh here, founder and publisher of The Printed Blog. Back in December, TPB was a mere idea. Just a few months later, we’ve set goals and made huge strides toward making TPB the newspaper for the next 100 years.

January 27 was a big day for us: we published our inaugural issue, distributing [...]

People at The Printed Blog make up a pretty intelligent bunch. There is all kinds of brain power running around this place…. therefore multiple people= multiple brains. BRAINS. Every time I hear the word “brain” or “brains” I think of zombies and their never ending quest to dine on our grey [...]

It’s Earth Day, and in honor of that, we’re going to give you five ways that you can recycle your issue of The Printed Blog (that is after you read it, of course). The list goes from the least time consuming/easiest to the more dedicated time/craftiest. Enjoy.
1. The first and most obvious way that you [...]

Amanda is one of our newest interns. She’s our Assistant Editor/music guru who put together an amazing playlist for the upcoming issue 12. This is her first post on TPB’s blog.
A few weeks ago, I started Twittering…or is it Tweeting? I never can remember. A friend of mine recommended the social networking/micro-blogging service [...]