2009-04-23

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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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Realtors promote scholarships



The Conejo Valley Association of Realtors recently hosted a fundraiser at the Mandevilla Restaurant in Westlake Village to help raise funds for the Public Benefit Foundation, which annually awards scholarships to local college-bound high school graduates. The festivities raised $4,700 for the foundation. The event was hosted jointly by the association’s Membership Events Committee and Affiliates Committee. The evening’s entertainment […]

Agoura Hills Relay For Life



24-hour fundraiser for American Cancer Society. 10 a.m. today through 10 a.m. Sunday at Willow Elementary School, 29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills. Teams walk relay-style around track. Off-track activities, music, lounge, speakers, children’s activities, luminaria candle lighting, closing ceremony. Phone: 818.292.0637 Web: www.relayforlife.org/agouraca Time: 10:00 a.m. Date: 4/25/2009 THURS., APRIL 23 Mary Health 100 Club Fundraiser Annual spring luncheon, silent […]

Hospice Volunteer Appreciation Day



Buena Vista Hospice Care Inc. in Westlake Village will recognize more than 30 of its volunteers today, April 23, in celebration of National Volunteer Week. Volunteers will be treated to a boat ride on Westlake Lake from noon to 1 p.m. and lunch at The Landing. Volunteers provide companionship to patients, provide relief to family caregivers and help with administrative […]

Teleconference addresses end-of-life care

Foundation hosts live-via-satellite broadcast

The Hospice Foundation of America will host its 16th annual teleconference from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wed., April 29 in Classroom 1, Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, 215 W. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Registration starts at 10 a.m. The liveviasatellite broadcast will have a national panel of grief experts, including Wanda HenryJenkins, manager of bereavement services in Chicago […]

Relay for Life team captains to meet



A Relay for Life team captain meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tues., April 28 at Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. The Conejo Valley Relay for Life will be August 29 and 30 at Conejo Creek South Playfields. For information, visit www.cvrfl.org, or e-mail Leslie Bird at lesliesrelay teams@yahoo.com.

Los Robles Hospital welcomes new CEO



Gregory R. Angle has been named president and chief executive officer of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, effective immediately. Prior to accepting this position, Angle served as CEO of Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tucson, Ariz. He also had various executive leadership positions in hospitals throughout the Southwest that are owned by HCA, parent corporation of Los Robles Hospital. “We […]