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Registration/Subscribing
In the last 6 months, I have been receiving an increase in emails concerning sites that make you register or subscribe to them before you can access their content, and in hopes to knock down the unnecessary emails (as I will describe, I have no control over) I have compiled the following:
Like I just mentioned, and I can't emphasize this enough as there is so many out there that don't understand, I DO NOT CONTROL REGISTRATION!
I predict that by the end of 2006, 95% of all print media (newspapers, magazines) that also have electronic media (Internet) will go to the registration form of access. As it is now, a lot of the print media have gone to registration that race fans didn't have to register for in the past (The Winston-Salem Journal, The Charlotte Observer, The Dallas Morning News, The Augusta Chronicle, The Dallas/Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Orlando Sentinel, The Alabama Live Group of Newspapers, The Michigan Live Group Of Newspapers to name just a few), and with this list getting bigger all the time, leaves little else to link to (especially if you take out the politically correct ones).
Now about the registration. The only sites that we link to that do make you register, are subscription free (The Anniston Star makes you pay for their online service, thus you never see any links to them -- and they were such a good source with Jimmy Creed too).
Yes, it's a frustrating hassle, but I personally do not see anything that can be done about it. And, if you want to read racing articles, then your either just going to have to stick with the few ones that aren't making you register, or your going to have to break down and fill out their forms (leave their "cookies" on your browser's cache/history so you don't have to keep signing in with a password). If your afraid of adware/spam because of it, then it's about time you have gotten yourself a decent adware/spam filtering program (should have one by now anyway).
By the way, if you haven't figured it out, 90% of the articles written today are basically rewritten press releases (or the combination thereof) or the same Associated Press article with the title altered or content rearranged from one newspaper to the next (It's my personal feeling that the public relations representative's work on a press release is just as important to be recognized as it is to recognize the work of a columnist or journalist, thus my purpose of posting raw press releases from the teams, drivers, sponsors and the racing sanctioning bodies with deserved credit).
Sincerely Frustrated As You,
R. Mark Stiles
Editor-in-Chief
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