2010-06-03

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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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2010-06-03 E-Edition

Oak Park High School Casino Night

SAT., JUNE 5

6 to 11 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church, 5801 Kanan Road, Westlake Village. Inaugural school football and baseball fundraiser. Casino games, poker tournament, prizes, raffle, silent auction. Scheduled appearance by Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen. $85 individual, $150 couple. Poker tourney entry fee $200. Phone: 818.348.8113 Contact: Brian Lezak Web: www .oakparkusd.org/ophs Time: 6:00 p.m. Date: 6/5/2010 […]

Southern California Gas Company rolls out rebate and incentive programs

Customers will get refunds on qualifying equipment

Southern California Gas Co. announced that more than $23 million in rebates and incentives are available this year to business customers for qualifying energyefficiency projects, the largest pool of incentive money in the utility’s 140-year history. The Gas Company made the announcement before more than 250 business representatives at the fifth annual Energy Efficiency Expo in Downey. The company’s On-Bill […]

Greater Conejo networking breakfast



Breakfast guests can showcase their business at the Pass the Mike networking breakfast hosted by the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce (formerly the Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce) from 7 to 9 a.m. Fri., June 11 at the Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Everyone in attendance will have the opportunity to […]

Calabasas lawyer earns award



The California State Bar’s Public Law Section will honor the winner of the 2010 Ronald M. George Public Lawyer of the Year Award at a reception during the State Bar’s annual meeting Sept. 23 in Monterey. This year’s award winner is Calabasas city attorney Michael Colantuono, a municipal law specialist since 1989. In 2003-04, Colantuono served as president of the […]

Canines romp, owners rejoice at the new Oak Park Dog Park



Hospital plans tenatively OK’d



The Thousand Oaks planning commission recommended the expansion of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, leaving it to the City Council to approve an expansion that calls for 60 more beds, a new fourth floor and a 36- foot parking structure. Plans also call for removing one oak tree, transplanting another and encroaching on three more. The state requires the […]

Women’s Club names Junior of the Year



Lesley Lippel recently was awarded the Westlake Village Junior Women’s Club Junior of the Year award. Lippel is in her fifth year of membership and was the organizer of the annual Gingerbread Boutique/Autumn Cheer Event for the past four years. The October fundraiser now includes a VIP shopping and cocktail event on the first night. In the years Lippel organized […]

Artwalk ‘10 presents artists’ work for sale



The 23rd annual ArtWalk, a two-day juried fine art and designer crafts outdoor exhibition, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat. and Sun., June 5 and 6 at the Bank of America building grounds, 225 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. About 125 artists will display and sell their work in oil and acrylic, ceramics, sculpture, photography, glass, […]

Reagan Library wants volunteers



The Reagan Library at 40 Presidential Dive, Simi Valley, is seeking outgoing individuals who enjoy history and want to share historical information to visitors of all ages to serve as volunteers. The library is looking for people who enjoy interacting with visitors from all over the world and conducting tours of the museum For more information, call (805) 577-4060 or […]