It’s been tough to blog about items appearing in PRWeek, since the content has been accessible only by password to paying subscribers. All that has changed, though, as the venerable industry trade has soft-launched its open site that will be announced officially on March 9.

According to the magazine’s PR rep, Kent Holland of Plesser Holland…

PR Week is un-gating the news to ensure that a wider community of business, marketing, nonprofit, and government leaders will learn about the impact of communications, and the key companies and agencies that are helping companies navigate the changing landscape.

The ungated content applies only to the US site, at least so far; a visit to the UK version led to a password authentication scheme.

The RSS feed is also wide open.

UPDATE: Constantin Basturea points out that only the news has been un-gated—features, surveys, and special sections continue to require a password, for which you need to have a subscription. Hat tip, Constantin!