2004-06-17

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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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James E. McNeil



James E. McNeil passed away Monday, June 7, 2004 at 5:18 p.m. in Ojai Valley Hospital. He grew up in Maine, experienced WWII as a paratrooper and lived in our Malibu Canyon neighborhood for over 30 years. He spent the last few years in an Alzheimer’s facility in Ojai. He was a loving husband to Nancy McNeil, who preceded him […]

Agoura Hills



A window to three business offices had $200 damage and $28,460 worth of computer equipment was stolen after a burglary between 2 and 11:30 a.m. May 31 in the 28000 block of Dorothy Drive. A possible suspect had been observed on May 27 asking questions, looking around and acting suspicious (possibly "casing" the business for a later break-in). He was […]

PET OF THE WEEK



Thunder storms rolls through tourney



Local stadiums get extreme makeover



By Kyle Jorrey Acorn Sports Writer Come football season, the defending California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) champion Westlake High Warriors might have some added bounce in their steps—at least on their home turf. Thanks to a joint effort by the city of Thousand Oaks and Conejo Valley Unified School District, renovations are currently underway to resurface the football fields at Thousand […]

East completes All-Star sweep with 7-1 victory



By Steve Ames Special to the Acorn Players, coaches and fans alike—especially those whose allegiance was to the East team—enjoyed an afternoon of baseball Sunday at Oxnard College’s Condor Field. After the East defeated the West team, 7-1, in the Jim Parker Ventura County All-Star Baseball Game, participants enjoyed a few moments to rejoice before heading home to begin their […]

Sports Junkie

Story of the Week

Story of the Week Oscar Robertson while at the University of Cincinnati was the NCAA National Player of the Year three straight years: 1958, 1959 and 1960. He was the first three-time NCAA scoring leader. In but his 11th collegiate game in 1958, he set a Madison Square Garden collegiate game-high scoring record of 56 points against Seton Hall. So […]

East County All-Stars rough up the West, 31-6



By Kyle Jorrey Acorn Sports Writer It didn’t take long for visitors to last Saturday’s 31st annual Ventura County High School All-Star Football Game to figure out the offensive strategy of the East County team and its quarterback quartet of Bryan Walker (Agoura), Cody Holland (Moorpark), Chris Owens (Thousand Oaks) and Nolan McNair (Oak Park). Take the snap, drop back […]

AHS class of 2004



Stephanie Paula Abrams, Diba Adami, Anne Elizabeth Adams, Yarin Adi, David Lloyd Ahmadi, Ariana Kristina Ajir, Bryan Stephen Alaynick, Jaclyn Elizabeth Allen, Nicholas Irving Allen, Nicole Jacqueline Alsop, Gregory Forrest Altmann, Jamie Lee Anderbery, Kate Nicole Antoine, Megan Antoine, Amy C. Antonsen, Joshua Eli Arita, Gabrielle Antionette Armstrong, Tara Marie Ashton, Jonathan Paul Avnon, Justin Alan Avnon, Solana Reneé Azus, […]

Agoura High School graduates nearly 500 students



By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com Elizabeth Ann Berry, 17, is among the 98 percent of Agoura High School graduates who will attend college next fall. Berry will go to Cal State University Chico, where she’ll study to become a physical therapist. She’s another part of the AHS legacy of academic excellence. The Agoura High School Class of 2004 was large—497 students—and […]