It’s been a week since the Detroit Free Press went to a hybrid online/offline model, and it’s a decent idea but unfortunately for the paper they missing out in a big way.  Here’s how they explain their new model:

“Detroit Media Partnership Chief Executive Officer Dave Hunke, who also is publisher of the Free Press, said that starting in spring 2009, both the Free Press and the Detroit News -- also operated by the partnership -- would deliver to homes only on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, the heaviest days for advertising and the most popular papers for readers”