Conventional wisdom says that MediaGeneral's attempt to create a personalized newspaper will fail. Probably. But so what? It might catch on. There were those who said blogging would fail, and the same for Internet delivery of news.

Actually, the plan calls for electronic sorting of the news, then transmission either to a home computer or to a device the company is working on to print it out at home.

I know I'm an old guy, but I won't give up on print just yet. There is something tactually satisfying in holding a printed object (and I really appreciate not looking at computer screens for at least part of the day). So I wouldn't rule anything out.