2019-03-21

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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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THURS., MARCH 21 Simi Valley Art Association 6 p.m. at Rancho Simi Rec and Park District Activity Center, 4201 Guardian St., Simi Valley. Demo by animator Pete Michels, supervising producer at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Burbank, and director for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim show. Admission: $5 SVAA members, $7 nonmembers. Web: simivalleyart.org. Ventura County Rose Society 6:30 p.m. doors open and […]

Director returns to helm musical

PLAY PREVIEW /// ‘Matilda: the Musical’


A familiar face from the not-too-distant past has returned. 5-Star Theatricals welcomes back Lewis Wilkenfeld, who was the company’s artistic director back when it was known as Cabrillo Music Theater. From 2005 to 2016, Wilkenfeld led the troupe during some of its most rewarding as well as challenging years as the Conejo Valley’s resident professional theater company. Wilkenfeld was asked […]

Performance makes a racket at Kavli

play review /// ‘Stomp’


“Stomp,” that jubilation of rhythm which has intoxicated theater audiences since 1991, swept (literally) into Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza’s Kavli Theatre on March 12 for a single performance. Possibly the most unusual show ever staged on Broadway, “Stomp” includes no music, no story and no dialogue, just an irreverent crew of eight virtuoso percussionists who create a symphony of […]

Chalk it up to a fun day

Cal Lutheran University will host a Chalk Festival Mon. and Tues., April 1 and 2 on its campus sidewalks. The public can watch the artists and view their work. Professional artists will create art on the theme of imagination, Artists Lori Escalera of Vista and Dawn Morrison Wagner of Thousand Oaks will teach chalk drawing to CLU art students, who […]

When you’re just dying to see a good show

Actors give their blood and sweat

Young Artists Forever will present “Evil Dead The Musical” April 5 through 14 at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays and one Thurs. performance at 7:30 p.m. Book and lyrics are by George Reinblatt with music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris […]