An idea for the taking …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is experimenting with paid subscription-only blog content via ajcsportsplus. I assume they’re having success with it, since they haven’t ended the service.

Now, this next point is fueled by the fact that Sweetie managed to snag an iPod for me (one of those fancy-pants 20GB photo iPods). But seeing the success of this paid content, I wonder if there isn’t a market for newspapers to deliver news via podcasting.

I’m not talking about just featuring text-only RSS feeds. I mean what if — as radio stations are beginning to do — newspapers hired someone to read their top stories and serve it up as a podcast for pay. Hmmm … does anyone know if any papers are doing this?

UPDATE: And the answer is “Why yes, actually. The San Francisco Chronicle has been doing podcasts for a few months now.