2011-10-13

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Acorn online content now offered free

'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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Info meeting discusses adopting older children



The Children’s Bureau will host an informational meeting for anyone interested in information about adopting older children and sibling sets of three or four, from 7 to 8 p.m. Wed. Oct. 26 at the Grant Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. With 114,000 children currently in foster care, many are unable to return to their family of origin. […]

Scouts x up Satwiwa Trail



Boy Scout Vincent Bellinghiere of Oak Park and a group of 37 volunteers made improvements to one of the trails in the Satwiwa Native American Indian Nature Area in Newbury Park. Bellinghiere, a senior at Oak Park High School, did the work to earn his Eagle rank. The Satwiwa Loop Trail is a part of the National Park Service and […]

More libraries supporting e-books



The Los Angeles County Public Library will add 10,000 e-books to its digital collections, officials said. The e-books will be available free for county library card holders at www.colapublib.org/ebooks. The libraries in Agoura Hills and Westlake Village are in the L.A. County library system. County library customers can now take advantage of the growing digital collection through the Amazon Kindle […]

‘Bald bandit’ robs pair of local banks in one week




A man who robbed a Chase Bank in Thousand Oaks last week may also be responsible for a slew of bank robberies in California over the last year, including a robbery that occurred at a Chase Bank in Camarillo in late September, FBI Special Agent Bernard Riedel said. At about 2 p.m. on Sept. 27, the thief, posing as a […]

Neighborhood readiness program in Calabasas tonight

Self-help important in case of disaster


Calabasas residents are invited to attend a Map Your Neighborhood: Train-the-Facilitator class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 13, at Founders Hall in the Calabasas Library. The program will allow residents to help themselves and each other in the event of a disaster, said Jim Jordan, director of the Calabasas Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department. Map Your Neighborhood […]

Former mayor eyes return to the Westlake Village City Council



Chris Mann, a former Westlake Village City Council member who served a single term from 1999 to 2003, wants to return to office. He has been in full campaign mode for several months, and to date the 35-year-old former mayor has raised about $15,000 in his comeback bid. “I have really hit the ground running with a grassroots campaign,” Mann […]