2012-11-15

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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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On the Trail



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Calabasas incumbents want back on council




With the contentious November election barely over, the City of Calabasas is gearing up for a new round of political sparring. The 2013 municipal election to fill three seats on the Calabasas City Council will take place Tues., March 5. The candidate filing period to appear on the ballot started Nov. 13 and ends Dec. 7. Mayor Mary Sue Maurer […]

Santa on his way back to Agoura



Santa may be the busiest guy around the holiday season, but he is taking his time out of his toy-making schedule to once again help the Westlake Village Junior Women’s Club host the 33rd annual Santa Comes to Westlake/Agoura and Beyond food drive. This year’s non-denominational event takes place from 9 to 11 a.m. Sat., Dec. 1 in the Agoura […]

Holiday Fantasy



Manna’s new executive director on a mission to feed the hungry




In October, not three months into her role as executive director of Manna, Jennifer Schwabauer witnessed a frantic father come through the door. “He said, ‘I have three kids at home, I just got off work, my (hours) got cut back and I don’t have any food in the house,’” she recalled. “I thought he was going to burst into […]

Project Holiday Stocking collecting donations for the troops



The 10th annual Project Holiday Stocking is collecting donations of stockings filled with snacks and goodies to send to American troops deployed to Afghanistan. In the past 10 years more than 30,000 stockings have been shipped. Residents can purchase a stocking no longer than 20 inches from top to heel and fill it with some of the following items: Snack […]

Ninth annual Calabasas Classic is a runaway success




Ready, set, cancer be gone. More than 2,600 adults and children from throughout the region participated in the ninth annual Talbert Family Foundation Calabasas Classic on Sunday to support families coping with cancer and other major illnesses. “This is the largest group we’ve ever had coming into the event,” said Julie Talbert of Hidden Hills, who started the nonprofit organization […]

Ranch near Calabasas king for a day



Plans for luxury North Ranch homes go south




A proposal to build 14 luxury homes on a 27-acre lot in North Ranch failed to gain the support of the Thousand Oaks City Council this week, which sided with dozens of neighbors who have lobbied against the plan for more than two years. The unincorporated land at the northern tip of Upper Ranch Road, known as Miller Ranch, was […]