20. An apparatus for automatically retrieving news articles from on-line news services on the World Wide Web and formatting the news articles into a personalized newspaper, the apparatus comprising: first storage means for storing (1) a personal-news-profile which comprises address data and command data for accessing data from a Web site, and (2) newspaper format commands; retrieval means for retrieving the stored personal-news-profile and accessing data stored therein; activating means for activating a Web reader to contact a Web site based on address data stored in the personal-news-profile; traversing means for traversing selectively links in the Web site; downloading means for downloading news articles from the contacted Web site and/or links based on command data stored in the personal-news-profile; second storage means for storing the downloaded news articles; and formatting means for flattening the downloaded news articles into a linear document and for formatting the linear document into the personalized newspaper based on the newspaper format commands stored in the personal-news-profile, said personal newspaper consisting of text and/or images, wherein a number of links traversed by the traversing means can be limited to a predefined number of links based on command data stored in the personal-news-profile.
20. An apparatus for automatically retrieving news articles from on-line news services on the World Wide Web and formatting the news articles into a personalized newspaper, the apparatus comprising: first storage means for storing (1) a personal-news-profile which comprises address data and command data for accessing data from a Web site, and (2) newspaper format commands; retrieval means for retrieving the stored personal-news-profile and accessing data stored therein; activating means for activating a Web reader to contact a Web site based on address data stored in the personal-news-profile; traversing means for traversing selectively links in the Web site; downloading means for downloading news articles from the contacted Web site and/or links based on command data stored in the personal-news-profile; second storage means for storing the downloaded news articles; and formatting means for flattening the downloaded news articles into a linear document and for formatting the linear document into the personalized newspaper based on the newspaper format commands stored in the personal-news-profile, said personal newspaper consisting of text and/or images, wherein a number of links traversed by the traversing means can be limited to a predefined number of links based on command data stored in the personal-news-profile. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising spooling means for spooling the personalized newspaper to a printer.