Opening up

While far too many sites have moved toward requiring registration at least (if not payment) before making their content available, the Star takes a step in the right direction:

Visitors to the Toronto Star website will no longer have to register to peek inside, publisher Michael Goldbloom announced yesterday.

"Our online readers have told us that registration is an inconvenience," Goldbloom said.

"We listened to our readers, and we've removed mandatory registration from our site."

Particularly around election time with so many people looking for all the information they can get, it's a great sign to see one of Canada's top media outlets making theirs more accessible than it was before.