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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing.

Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business.

The Acorn and its parent company, Times Media Group, understand that their biggest responsibility is not only the delivery of credible, relevant information in a timely fashion, but making sure residents have easy access to the publication when stories become available.

That’s why we’re super excited about the news being shared today.

Following a five-year stretch in which Acorn readers were given the option of purchasing online subscriptions to the paper, that so-called “paywall” is coming down.

“Mr. Publisher, tear down this wall,” the late President Ronald Reagan might have once said.

And so we did.

Starting immediately, all online content from our five Acorn publications will be available at no charge to the reader, meaning a paid subscription is no longer required to click and read articles. The weekly Acorn has always been delivered to your driveway at no cost—that more than 40-year tradition will continue—and from now on The Acorn on the internet will be free as well.

Why the change?

The Acorn is your community newspaper, and we want to make sure it stays that way. We believe it’s important that residents feel a connection to the stories we write and also learn about the businesses that advertise in their community. The absence of a paywall is the best way to ensure this free-flow of information remains.

We also invite readers to sign up for the new, easy-to-read Acorn newspaper e-edition delivered weekly to your e-mail. Viewed on mobile, desktop or laptop, the pages are super easy to navigate and, free, just like the print paper.

Local journalism is first gear in the engine that drives America’s free press, and a free press it shall be.

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The gold sounds

BOYS’ BASKETBALL /// Acorn All-Stars


From the smoldering catacombs of Acorn Sports Island, which can be seen through the sublime green smog of Monster Island where Godzilla vacations in sunglasses and fruity mocktails adorned with a regular-sized umbrellas while clutching his first Academy Award after 69 years and 38 movies, the sports editor and Snot Otter have cast their votes. The Acorn All-Stars for high […]

Bolts celebrate CIF Final Four

GIRLS’ WATER POLO /// Agoura Chargers


Agoura High’s girls’ water polo team made a deeper CIF playoff run than any other local squad this season. The Chargers reached the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 semifinals, falling 12-11 to Sunny Hills on Feb. 14 at Westlake’s pool. “Resilient, emotional and fight are the biggest couple of buzzwords I could give these girls,” said CJ Daland, Agoura’s second-year head […]

Calabasas soccer star wins big

Isabella Rudnick, a Calabasas resident, is a soccer champion. Rudnick, a freshman forward for the girls’ soccer team at Louisville High of Woodland Hills, helped the Royals win the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 championship, the program’s first since 2001. Louisville toppled Monrovia 2-0 in the section final on Feb. 23. Rudnick also helped the squad secure its first league title […]

Clipped

Oak Park girls’ soccer team falls in CIF title game


The Eagles made history. No one can take that, or anything, away from them. Oak Park High’s girls’ soccer team lost 2-1 to Apple Valley on Feb. 23 in front of possibly the largest crowd in program history during the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championship bout at the Birds’ Nest in Oak Park. This wasn’t just a game. “This is […]

DOWN THE STRETCH SHE COMES

Birds want that CIF bling



These Birds don’t play like a third-place team. Oak Park High’s girls’ soccer team is the last local squad remaining on the pitch. The Eagles (14-6-2 overall), who lagged behind Moorpark and Camarillo in the Coastal Canyon League standings, will play for a CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championship at 6 p.m. Friday at home against Apple Valley (20-3-1). Malea Johnson, […]

La Reina’s last tango on the pitch

Regents secure league crown, notch first CIF playoff win since 2012


The Regents marched home from school on Jan. 24 as regular students. Before they arrived at La Reina’s Thousand Oaks campus on Jan. 25, the girls had all heard the devastating news: their school, their home away from home, was going to close at the end of the academic year. “Everyone was in shock,” said Maggie Kearin, a sophomore forward […]

Green Ghosts reach Final Four

PLAYOFFS /// Winter report


The Lancers are in the Final Four. Thousand Oaks High’s boys’ basketball team defeated Great Oak 86-82 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2AA playoff quarterfinals on Feb. 13 at home. The Green Ghosts of the Conejo (25-6 overall) play at 7 p.m. Friday at home against Rolling Hills Prep (25-5) in the semifinals. Elias Chin, a senior point guard and […]

Super Bowl 58 Showdown: The quest to eliminate stupid Roman numerals

Sports editor predicts a Kansas City Chiefs win to cement Swifties’ dynasty


This is the battle for the soul of America. What? You think it’s Super Bowl 58, the K.C. Swifties vs. the Santa Clara 49ers on Feb. 11 in the City of Endless Buffets? No way, José. It’s not right vs. left, crazy vs. insane, Jim Harbaugh vs. Iggy Pop, or even Jim “Cheater in Khakis” Harbaugh vs. Ron “It’s the […]

Snot Otter picks San Francisco 49ers in a debacle, seeks Superb Owl of Joan Miró



When I lived in Lincolnwood, Illinois, near Henry A. Proesel Park, I swear I saw Joe Montana in our family kitchen circa 1988. Is that Joe Cool? I stared intently at the mole on his neck. That’s him alright. I was convinced. So, Joe Montana’s hanging out in my kitchen. I mean, he did call his wife from a sideline […]


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