2004-01-01

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'Paywall' removed

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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Calabasas synagogue plants trees for mitzvah



For the fifth year, families from Congregation Or Ami met at Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas to plant oak trees at their Mitzvah Grove near the intersection of Crags and Motts roads in the Torpin Plain. Rabbi Paul Kipnes explained that their tree-planting mitzvah ("good deed") is literally a religious obligation to be shomray adamah, or guardians of the […]

Israeli folk dancing to be offered



Israel Yakovee will lead weekly sessions of "Israeli Folk Dancing" from 8 p.m. to midnight. Wednesdays beginning Jan. 7 at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Yakovee is a teacher, dancer and choreographer who has taught master classes and folk dancing workshops internationally. Each dance session will be preceded by lessons from 8 to 9 p.m. […]

Guitar luminaries coming to T.O.



Guitar luminaries coming to T.O. The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation will present "International Guitar Night" at 7 and 9 p.m. Fri., Jan. 23 in the Scherr Forum at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. This event serves as a forum for presenting the world’s most original acoustic guitar players/composers together to perform their latest […]

Interface seeks volunteers



Interface Children Family Services is seeking volunteers to support women and children victims of domestic violence. Volunteers will be provided with a comprehensive 40-hour training course. The next scheduled training will begin on Tues., Jan. 20 at Interface offices located at 1305 Del Norte Road, Suite 130 in the city of Camarillo. According to Interface Children Family Services, the time […]

Infant massage class nurtures bonding



By Heather Milo Acorn Staff Writer Conejo Valley Neighborhood for Learning (NFL) is a program funded by Ventura County that is dedicated to building strong families and students. As part of the NFL’s pregnancy and early parent education program, instructors recently offered classes on infant massage for the benefit of new and expectant mothers. The course was taught by Jessica […]

‘God’ to be topic



"God" is the subject of this week’s Bible Lesson-Sermon at the 10 a.m. service on Sun., Jan. 4 at the Christian Science Church, 305 Conejo School Road, Thousand Oaks. The keynote text is from Jeremiah 24:7: "I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be […]

Celebrating Hanukkah at The Commons



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Agoura



The total loss was $89,100 when four generators, a trash pump and some other items were stolen from a contractor’s site between 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 6 a.m. Dec. 17 in the 29000 block of Mulholland Highway. A suspect stole a grinder, a survey tripod, levels and some other items that totaled over $700 from a storage container between […]

13-year-old violin virtuoso to perform next week



Thirteen-year-old eighth-grader Laura Ha, a multiple-award-winning violinist, will be the featured performer in a show at 11 a.m. Tues., Jan. 6 in the Gindi Auditorium at the University of Judaism located at 15600 Mulholland Drive, Bel Air. As part of the Young Artists Concert Series sponsored by University Women, Ha will perform classical selections. The violinist won the grand prize […]