1. A computer system for electronically delivering personalized periodic news digest documents to a plurality of registered users, the computer system comprising: at least one processor arranged to: receive a delivery preference of each of the plurality of the registered users, the delivery preference indicating how each registered user desires to receive the personalized periodic news digest document, wherein a registered user is one who has registered personal information in a user profile, said personal information comprising the registered user's name, age, sex, zip code, time zone, and email; receive the personal information of each registered user and a news article preference of the registered use, wherein the news article preference comprises sports, local and foreign affairs, and legal; search at least one location for news items that match the at least one of: the personal information and the news article preference of the registered user; receive the news items that match; automatically generate, from the matching news items that are received, a print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that comprises the matching news items, the personalized periodic news digest document being generated as a document selected from a group consisting of: an email, a web page, an electronic file, and a fax, in accordance with the delivery preference of the registered user; and electronically push the personalized periodic news digest document directly to the registered user in accordance with the delivery preference of said registered user; wherein the news article preference indicates at least one type of news article that the registered user desires to receive.
18. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further arranged to: analyze at least one of: the personal information and the news article preference to determine an advertisement to be included within the personalized periodic news digest document; and select a location within the personalized periodic news digest document for the advertisement based on where one of the content items will appear in the personalized periodic news digest document, wherein the print-ready personalized periodic news digest document that is generated also includes the advertisement at the location that is selected.