Columbus Dispatch online

The Columbus Dispatch has decided to allow free online access to some of its newspaper content again, without a subscription. Hurray! There are still subscriber levels that provide access to more features, but basic access is no longer blocked. The Dispatch web site has a new design as well. According to a Dec. 29, 2005 story in The Other Paper this move will help improve web traffic to the Dispatch site which had earlier introduced a new search feature. Powered by Planet Discover, a search on the Dispatch site will also include stories from over 400 other news sources including sites from the Dispatch family of web sites, Central Ohio business sources and many other Ohio news sources.