2013-03-07

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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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Wink Martindale to entertain seniors



Television game show icon Wink Martindale will entertain at the Calabasas Savvy Seniors Luncheon and Spring Class Registration from noon to 2 p.m. Wed., March 20 at the Calabasas Country Club, 4515 Park Entrada. Guests can register for Savvy Seniors spring and summer classes, lectures and excursions as well as meet class instructors, neighbors and other active seniors during the […]

Incumbents Bozajian, Maurer, Shapiro reelected to Calabasas City Council

Jody Thomas a distant fourth in rancorous municipal election


Only 15 votes separated the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s Calabasas City Council election, yet the race wasn’t even close. Voters overwhelmingly chose incumbents Mary Sue Maurer, James Bozajian and David Shapiro in the three seats up for election. Almost 1,000 votes separated third-place finisher Shapiro and the only challenger in the race, fourth-place finisher Jody Thomas. “It feels great. […]

Young entrepreneurs charged up about their high-tech invention




Dan Friedman is a young man with an idea that he hopes will make life easier for people who need to charge their high-tech gadgets on the go. The Agoura High School graduate, now 21, and his business partners are launching a gadget called FuelBox, a self-contained charging station for phones, tablets, cameras and other devices. Friedman plans to peddle […]

Former gang member to speak



Victor Rios, an associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Barbara, will speak at Cal Lutheran University at 7 p.m. Tues., March 19 in the Lundring Events Center. Rios, who dropped out of school and joined a gang at age 14, was helped by a teacher and a police officer, eventually earning a Phd from UC Berkeley. He will discuss […]

Hot Flashes



Macaroni Girls When someone forgets a punch line, one of us jumps to fill in the blanks. Well, we don’t really jump because we’d end up in the ER, but you get my drift. When we talk about an “ex,” chances are his derriere will show up on a dartboard in the near future, with plenty of darts all around. […]

Documentary to screen



Pepperdine University and the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains will show James Redford’s film “Watershed” at 7 p.m. Thurs., March 7 at the university in Malibu. “ Watershed” is executive produced and narrated by Robert Redford and directed by awardwinning filmmaker Mark Decena. The film tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and […]

On the Trail



The last great best hike in the world Patting his rotund middle, my hiking buddy Tiller Montalban pondered my trail map’s description of the route I’d planned. “Strenuous,” he said, enunciating every syllable in a tone one might associate with a condemned man begging for mercy as he’s being led to the gallows. Meanwhile, waiting in the car for just […]

Parapsychologist fancies discussion about UFO’s



Dr. Barry E. Taff, parapsychologist and UFO author, will speak at the next meeting of CERO International at 7 p.m., Sat., March 9 at the Thousand Oaks Inn, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. CERO is the Close Encounters Research Organization, a group that investigates reports of UFOs and encounters with their occupants. Taff has a doctorate in psychophysiology with a […]

Dance fever hits Yerba Buena



MOVIN’ AND GROOVIN’— Second-grade students from the Laurie Milgrim and Judy Sher classes at Yerba Buena Elementary School in Agoura Hills were treated to a six-week residency dance class with instructor Celena Turney. Left, Emma Oren, Merrosha Kotler, Alexandra Humphreys and Nina Nejadrasool practice one of a variety of dances they learned. Below, Trenton, Mateen, Pyrce and Ian warm up […]