2016-06-16

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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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The Bard’s plays in T.O.



To celebrate the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival’s 20th season and the 400th anniversary of the Bard of Avon’s death, the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company will kick off the summer with a play that was one of the most popular with its audiences. Performances of “Henry V” will be at 8 p.m. June 24 through 26, July 1 through 3, and July 8 […]

Tenor and pianist in classical concert



The Elation Arts Series at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church will present “The Art of Longing,” a classical vocal concert with tenor Bryan Lane and pianist Christopher Davis, at 7 p.m. Fri., June 17 at the church, 588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks. Lane and Davis will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy and Schumann. In addition, the program will premiere a work titled […]

This musical witty, charming

PLAY REVIEW /// ‘The Addams Family’


High Street Arts Center’s “The Addams Family” is the latest of many productions of the musical that have appeared on the Ventura County scene during the past year. The show’s popularity is multi-generational, thanks to exposure in the New Yorker magazine, on television and in film prior to its conversion to Broadway. The musical’s witty dialogue overcomes its unchallenging story, […]

Calendar



THURS., JUNE 16 Channel Islands Gulls 11 a.m. at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo. Social hour 11 a.m., luncheon at noon. Fashion show from Draper’s and Damons. Raffle. RSVP required. Contact: Shirley. Phone: 805.263.6062. Channel Islands Maritime Museum Speaker Series 6:30 p.m. at museum, 3900 Bluefin Circle, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. Mick Kronman presents “From hooks to […]

Imaginative costumes, superb acting, but no Toto in Simi production

PLAY REVIEW /// ‘The Wiz’


With the success of last December’s live NBC production of “The Wiz,” interest in the 1975 “urban” version of “The Wizard of Oz” has been rekindled. “The Wiz” was a huge hit in its day, becoming a cultural touchstone at a time when black music and black pride were in the midst of a renaissance. Along with shows like “Purlie” […]

EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS



Keller Williams expands in Calabasas



MORE SPACE, MORE BUSINESS—The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce joins Keller Williams Calabasas in a June 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Realtor’s office expansion at 23975 Park Sorrento. Keller Williams took over an adjacent suite at the end of May. The firm has doubled in the past year and now has more than 200 agents, making it the fastest growing office […]

New Regal cinema opens at Janss



IT’S SHOWTIME—Staff awaits visitors at the June 8 red carpet opening of the new Regal Janss Marketplace 9 theater in Thousand Oaks. All auditoriums feature stadium chair-back seating. Regal Entertainment Group took over the theater at 255 N. Moorpark Road from Regency Theaters at the end of 2015. The Regal portfolio also includes cinemas in Simi Valley and Calabasas.

Photo exhibit of landscapes



“Adventurizing,” a new solo exhibit by local photographer and cyclist Joshua Weinfeld, begins next week at Pedalers Fork, 23504 Calabasas Road, Calabasas. The opening reception will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. Thurs., June 23. The show— subtitled “Landscapes of Western North America By Bike”—will continue through June 28. Weinfeld’s photos are from places he’s visited on bike rides, […]

Clubs offers musical theater in summer



Registration is underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s Musical Theatre Summer Camp, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5 to 29 at the Rocky and Lon Morton Boys & Girls Club on the Sequoia Middle School Campus, 2855 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. Extended care is available from 7 a.m. and […]