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August 25, 2005 Archive

August 25, 2005

A proposal to make online newspaper registration less annoying

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Requiring Internet users to divulge some personal information in exchange for the right to read newspaper articles online has become the norm, but that doesn't mean readers like it.

Steve Outing, an editor with the journalism think tank Poynter Institute, and a columnist for Editor & Publisher, has an idea to bridge the gap between data-hungry newspapers and annoyed readers.

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