2016-01-21

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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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Horse tale



EQUINE FRIENDS—Above, 9-year-old Helena Simon of Calabasas feeds Bayberry at a Horse Tales event Jan. 16 at Rancho Sierra Vista in Newbury Park, hosted by the National Park Service. Below, 4-year-old Taryn Liu of Agoura Hills and her dad, Thomas, meet Ginger, an NPS patrol horse, and Ranger Nancy Burdick, the rider. At the event, guests toured the historic Rancho […]

Behind the curtain



The Westlake Village Reads One City, One Literary Theme program will host a “What is Theatre?” program at 11 a.m. Sat., Jan. 23 at the Westlake Civic Center, 31200 Oak Crest Drive. Local theater performers and companies will describe the experience from the conception of a production to the final bow with the points of view from actors, stage hands […]

Parks teeming with events during celebration




In celebration of its centennial this year, the National Park Service is planning activities for the public and sprucing up many of its 400-plus parks Visitors to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area will find refreshed trailheads with new signs offering more details about the habitat, spokesperson Kate Kuykendall said. Encompassing more than 153,000 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains, […]

Artwork shows same location in different perspectives



DOUBLE VISION—The National Park Services presents “Two Visions,” an exhibition and sale of the artwork by Donna Jean and Joseph Goldstein of West Hills through Feb. 29 at the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center, King Gillette Ranch, 26876 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas. An artist’s reception will run from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 6. The exhibit contains both Donna’s oil […]

Elsie Ragan turns 100

The Reserve to host party Jan. 27

It is not as unusual as it used to be to see a resident in a senior community turn 100 years old. However, Elsie Ragan is unusual in that, as she turns 100, she has been a resident of California for 99 years. She was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Jan. 27, 1917. In less than a year her […]