2012-01-19

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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.

Archives

2012-01-19 E-Edition

Agourafire destroys Derry Ave. businesses




A fire broke out in the Agoura Business Center and Industrial Park Monday night, destroying two businesses and damaging at least one other, the fire department said. According to Capt. Ed Saldibar of Los Angeles County Fire Department in Agoura Hills, a resident reported a brush fire in at the Derry Avenue business park at 9:45 p.m. Jan. 16. It […]

Saving horses from slaughter




Old Agoura residents have rallied around a Santa Barbara County equestrian who’s riding through the state to protest the American horse slaughter industry. U.S. horse slaughterhouses could be revived now that President Obama has signed a bill that restores funding for the inspection of horse meat. Horse meat cannot be sold without government inspection. The prohibition on inspection halted the […]

Love notes



Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to win your heart. This Valentine’s Day, The Acorn invites you to share with readers the moment you knew you were in love. Send a note to valentines@theacorn.com and, in 150 words or fewer, describe that special moment when your true love first came into your life. The deadline for […]

Labor suit filed against city manager




Frank Gonzalez, a former landscape superintendent for Agoura Hills, has filed a civil suit against the city alleging labor code violations and wrongful termination following a dispute over some private work he performed at the city manager’s home. Gonzalez agreed to oversee a 10-day landscaping job at Greg Ramirez’s Thousand Oaks home in March 2009. Gonzalez said he agreed to […]

Calabasas septic tank ordinance down the drain

Law had polarized the community


The Calabasas City Council suspended a septic tank ordinance last week that has been in a state of dispute for the past three years. Officials will consider doing away with the law completely during their next regular meeting on Jan. 25. In 2009, the city passed an ordinance requiring property owners who have on-site wastewater treatment systems to obtain operating […]

It’s time to turn this boat around



With the New Year comes new optimism for an improved local economy. Could jobs, real estate and incomes go south again? Possibly, but let’s not go there. Our definition of optimism is lack of pessimism. “Recent evidence points to the possibility of an accelerating recovery, which would upwardly revise out forecast for economic growth in 2012,” writes Mark Schniepp of […]

Cartoon



Deputies’ response



I would like to compliment the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Lost Hills station officers for the professional manner in which they responded on Jan. 11 to calls of a report of two individuals casing homes and trying to sell what appeared to be stolen merchandise. The deputies arrived and quickly took the license plate number of the vehicle seen and […]

Horse feathers



I’ve lived in Old Agoura for many years, so I’m used to seeing people walking their horses down the street. Lately there’s been a continuous stream of drama from these folks. I was recently screamed at to “slow down!” when I was moving at about 5 mph. When I rolled the window down to question the insane nature of this […]