2005-06-23

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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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Oak View Class of 2005



Alyssa Anne Arrigo, Ashley Marie Beckwith Joseph Ethan Ben-Chetrit Kelly Bracha, David Joseph Braun, Joyce T. Cecilio, Curtis Lee Dalton, Kevin Anthony DeGeatano Kelson Richard Downes, Alyssa Rene Gallo, Kevin Russell Heidt, Michael Alexander Hewitson, Aaron Scott Lubin, Samuel Robert Manocchia, Natalie Anna McNulty, Kyle Nicholas McReynolds, Daniel Eli Paris, N i v Pa r n e s , F […]

AHS graduates encouraged to make a positive change



by Sophia Fischersfischer@theacorn.com Not long after Agoura High School’s class of 2005 began their freshman year, the September 11 tragedy took place. As those same students graduated last Friday evening, Principal Larry Misel challenged them to make a difference in the world. “Now it is your turn to create history,” Misel said. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can […]

Oak View students graduate, say goodbye to beloved principal

Seniors are leaving, and so is longtime teacher and principal Millie Andress

by Stephanie Bertholdobertholdo@theacorn.com Twenty-eight young men and women from Oak View High School, an alternative high school in Oak Park, accepted their diplomas last Thursday at an intimate ceremony conducted at the Oak Park High School Pavilion. About half of the students had completed the requirements for graduation in December. The graduation program featured photographs of each graduate on the […]

Good business in Calabasas



THURS., JUNE 23



Rose Society Ventura County Rose Society meets 6:30 p.m. at Cowan Conference Center, 550 Airport Way, Camarillo. Dan Bifano, curator of A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden and a horticultural judge and master consulting rosarian, will speak. (818) 993-6622 Youth Ballet Agoura Hills Youth Ballet Theatre presents their original whimsical fulllength classical ballet “Alice in Wonderland” at 2 and 7 p.m. […]

Annual health fair benefits area’s senior citizens