2014-05-15

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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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2014-05-15 E-Edition

Student Style



DAZZLING DISPLAY—At the eighth annual Agoura High School Fashion Show on May 9, models showcase outfits designed by students. Above, an Aya Diaz creation. Right, a Lee Solomon gown. A dozen young designers participated in the show and created four tofive outfits each.

Students disciplined in OPHS tweet case

Transfer pupils sent home


The social media firestorm that erupted over anti-Semitic tweets last week in Oak Park has led to two students being kicked out of the school district and four others being disciplined. Tony Knight, superintendent of Oak Park Unified School District, said two male students from Oak Park High who wrote the most heinous tweets were suspended and returned to their […]

Inside trader sentenced to 14 months




Scott London, the former KPMG partner who pleaded guilty last year to one count of securities fraud, will spend no more than 14 months in a minimum-security prison for his crimes. U.S. District Judge George Wu handed down the sentence April 24 in federal court. London, an Agoura Hills resident, is expected to begin serving his time in July. Although […]

Forum puts Assembly, Congress candidates under microscope

Over 300 attend Acorn/CLU event


Candidates vying for a pair of key political offices looked to score points with voters at a May 10 candidates forum hosted by the Acorn Newspapers and Cal Lutheran University inside the school’s basketball gym. With three weeks until the June 3 primary, six office-seekers— three for state Assembly and three for Congress—took part in the forum on the campus […]

Las Virgenes-Malibu bike plan underway



The Las Virgenes- Malibu Council of Governments has begun preparation of a bicycle master plan for the region. The plan involves five area cities—Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu and Westlake Village—and encourages leaders to offer healthy and sustainable activities on the roadways for residents and visitors. The plan includes development of a comprehensive bikeway network and support programs, such […]

In praise of the political process



No matter where one stands on the political spectrum, open minds can learn from both the left and the right. We know politicians in the middle also have important things to say. Democrats, Republicans—and one independent—attended a May 10 candidates forum for state Assembly and U.S. Congress, hosted by the Acorn Newspapers and Cal Lutheran University. With the June 3 […]

Bittersweet for this school mom



The school year is rapidly coming to a close and with it my tenure as PFC board member at Lupin Hill Elementary School. There are so many people that I have had the privilege of working with over the past five years at Lupin Hill. I want to thank all of them for their hard work, wisdom, kindness, dedication and […]

Protecting racist kids was wrong



It’s clear why these children are not more aware of the full impact of their tweets. Their parents have chosen to be more alarmed over their children being outed as racists than they are alarmed about their children actually being racists. Requesting the school respond to this action is fine but when do we start demanding the parents take responsibility? […]

OPUSD has poor track record



Hate and racism are nothing new in the Oak Park Unified School District. What is occurring in 2014 is the result of failure to appropriately deal with parental complaints of anti- Semitism, and calls for resolving student flight from the district, causing an influx of the outof district student replacement population in 1998. As an example, in 1998 at Brookside, […]