2014-07-03

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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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Better parking for the market



I think the City of Calabasas is missing an opportunity to create community goodwill and improve the traffic situation for the Saturday Farmers Market. I’ve noticed a number of vehicles recently that have been ticketed for parking in the eight to 10 prime parking spots on Calabasas Road immediately next to the market stalls. I can’t determine why this is […]

Active adult center taking shape in Calabasas




City officials in Calabasas are fine-tuning plans for a new adult activity center, which will be built behind City Hall and the library on Civic Center Way. At a meeting June 11, the council reviewed a proposed blueprint for the interior of the two- story, 8,500- square- foot building featuring an open lounge and several activity rooms where seniors will […]

Ghost bike memorial gone missing



Someone removed a white ghost bike memorializing the spot where cyclist Milton Olin was struck and killed by a sheriff’s patrol car on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas last December. The city has been tending to the landscaping area around the bike and was very sensitive to the importance of this memorial to the family. “We are upset by its disappearance […]

County selects new provider for Oak Park Dial-A-Ride, shuttle services



As of July 1, Oak Park has a new operator for its on-call transportation services and the Kanan Shuttle. Ventura County has contracted with the City of Thousand Oaks to offer local public transportation service through Thousand Oaks Transit. Thousand Oaks also provides bus service for the City of Moorpark. Some vehicles have been specifi cally assigned to Oak Park. […]

Afiery big-rig accident



Authorities arrested the driver of a big-rig truck on suspicion of DUI on Sunday after a crash on the 101 Freeway in Westlake Village. The accident occurred just west of the Lindero Canyon Road interchange shortly after 9 p.m. Police say the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle, which ran into the center divider then caught fi […]

Musical theater rocks



Local author discovers manuscript about her father and Elvis Presley

Adams will give talk before ‘Love Me Tender’ airs at park


There aren’t many new stories about Elvis Presley out there, but Agoura Hills’ resident Allyson Adams will be telling some interesting tales before a showing of “Love Me Tender” at 7 p.m. Sat., July 19 at the Reyes Adobe Historical Site, 30400 Rainbow Crest Drive, Agoura Hills. Adams will speak about her discovery and the publication of a manuscript her […]

Navy pilot shares his harrowing tales as a POW




Navy pilot Capt. Charles Plumb’s F-4 Phantom jet was shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam on May 19, 1967, just five days before he was scheduled to return home. Plumb, who’d completed 74 successful combat missions prior to the crash, was forced to parachute into enemy territory. He spent the next six years in communist prisons but survived to tell his […]

Golfers tee off to help kids



Mayflower Society establishes local colony

Members descended from New World voyage


The Mayflower Society is colonizing the Conejo Valley. The organization, formally called the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, has granted a request by area members to establish a local chapter, or “colony,” just as the nation prepares to celebrate its 238th birthday. Open to any person able to document his or her descent from one of the 102 passengers of […]