2006-08-10

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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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Register today for older adult programs



Registration for fall classes in the Encore and Oasis older adult programs at Pierce College is from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, Thurs., Aug. 10, at the college’s campus center, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. Free parking is available in Lot No. 7, and pink directional signs will be posted. These programs offer a broad range of classes for […]

Folk music coming to Strauss Ranch



Led by sisters Libby and Cindy Harding, the band Conjunto Jardin will perform at 3 p.m. Sun., Aug. 13 at Peter Strauss Ranch, 30000 Mulholland Hwy., Agoura. The concert is presented by the National Park Service. Admission and parking are free. Picnickers are welcome. The site features a broad lawn, shaded picnic tables and an easy hiking trail. Conjunto Jardin […]

Comedy will raise funds



Guests will dine, donate and be entertained at the Comedy in the Conejo fundraiser on Sun., Aug. 13, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Thousand Oaks. Renowned magician Ivan Amodei will warm up the night, and top-notch professional comedians Bruce Baum, Carrie Snow, Jay London and Chicago John Caponera will entertain guests with two hours of adult comedy. A live […]

Youth group stages ‘The Mikado’



Curtain Call Youth Theatre in association with the Camarillo Community Theatre will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta/ musical “The Mikado,” from Fri. to Sun., Aug. 18 to 20, at the theatre, 330 Skyway Drive, Camarillo (inside the airport). Show times are 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $5 to $10. For […]

Drama showcases blue collar life



HOOSIER HYSTERIA- Theatre Lab students Alex Posey, Kelsey Smith, Smyth Campbell, Danielle Murray and Michael Stahler rehearse Matt Williams’ play “Between Daylight and Boonville.” The play takes place in a trailer park in a southern Indiana coal mining town when an accident brings the miners’ wives together. The play will be presented at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Fri., Aug. 11 at […]

Skatepark is open on Wednesdays through August



Gateway Church in Agoura Hills invites the community to attend the church’s Uturn skatepark every Wednesday throughout August. The fee is $5 for a 5 to 8 p.m. skate session. All money will go to repairing/rebuilding the sports facility. For more information, call Justin at (818) 889-4147, ext. 13 or go to www.uturnizm.com.

Community Leaders Association offers digital camera workshop



The CLU Community Leaders Association will offer a digital camera workshop to the local community at 9 a.m. Sat., Aug. 19 in California Lutheran University’s Peters Hall. The workshop will include morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session will focus on the basics of using a digital camera, while the afternoon session, at 1:30 p.m., will focus on making simple […]

Stop the war (Theirs, not ours)



Stop this carnage and call for a ceasefire. There will not be any winners when the Lebanese and Israeli conflict ends. When there is hatred on both sides and no solution in sight, it is time once and for all to pressure our administration for a ceasefire, and find a solution to the Arab and Israeli conflict which is the […]

Another Lebanon perspective



I read Chelsea Ma’s article on the Israeli-Lebanon War with interest. The imam she quoted, Ali Muhammad Shakoor, somehow neglected to mention that in the process of kidnapping two Israeli soldiers inside sovereign Israeli territory in an entirely unprovoked attack, the kidnappers killed an additional eight soldiers. Now why would they do that, do you think? Sheldon Teitelbaum Agoura Hills

Lowe’s-Costco clarification



In my letter of July 27, I did not mean to imply that Jonathan Greenspan authorized or participated in any fundraising on behalf of any group in opposition to the Costco development in Westlake Village David Halpert Agoura Hills