Jacob Joseph launched Mutiny as a personal blog some five years ago but it soon acquired the shape of a community blog with dozens of contributors (they call themselves mutineers) who all have day-jobs but still contribute religiously to Mutiny.
Now what this team has done is even more interesting – they have launched a print magazine based on their blog. This is probably the first blog that is available for reading both inside news-readers and on news-stands.
The motivation for launching a blog as a print magazine was simple – they want to reach more people as only a minuscule minority is reading blogs online at least in India.
My initial reaction to Mutiny’s blog magazine is exactly the same as Amit Varma – "It takes gumption and commitment to take a bold step like that, and I wish them all the best."
The first issue is available online as well.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/mutiny-blog-published-as-print-magazine/4799/
Reader Comments
Is this guts or suicide? They’ve got 519 subscribers to their RSS feed and the ad spots are still showing placeholders. What gives???
Written by sunfever on 10.06.08
I think it is an interesting venture. And will offer something refreshing and offbeat to the Indian Market.
Written by Priyanka on 10.07.08