Website roundup
By Adnews Staff
The Toronto Star has discontinued the mandatory registration feature for users of its thestar.com website. "We believe that in order to be competitive in the online news and information space, growth of both audience and page impressions will be the cornerstone of our success," said Michael Goldbloom, publisher of the Toronto Star. "Further, we believe that the key to that growth is through the removal of all barriers, including registration. Our online readers have told us that registration is an inconvenience. We listened to our readers, and we've removed mandatory registration from our site." The Star has also created a new weblog at <http://www.thestar.com/webmaking> at which readers can submit feedback about the site's design and coverage.