2021-09-23

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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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2021-09-23 E-Edition

Bars and wineries will check vaccines

COVID-19 | UPDATE


Even as California celebrates its latest ranking by the Centers for Disease Control as the state with the lowest coronavirus rate in the nation, establishments in Calabasas, Agoura Hills and Westlake Village where alcohol is served indoors have been told they must adhere to a new Los Angeles County health order that requires proof of customer vaccination or negative COVID-19 […]

Community chips in with creek cleanup

Guilty verdict for hubby accused in wife-shooting

He said murder came in self-defense


A jury has found a Thousand Oaks man guilty of murdering his wife after a two-week trial in which the accused took the stand in his own defense. Tim Gautier, 55, tried to convince jurors that he shot his wife, Gina, to death the morning of Jan. 11, 2021, inside their Westlake Canyon apartment in self-defense after she attacked him […]

Kanye West back in class

Rapper to open school in the area



Music and fashion mogul Kanye West announced earlier this year his intentions to open a small private school in Southern California. The Acorn learned this week that the billionaire celebrity plans to bring the school to a 4-acre parcel on Tierra Rejada Road in the unincorporated area between Moorpark and Simi Valley. The school will be named Donda, in honor […]

Oak Park aces merit scholarship first round

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a not-for-profit education organization, has named about 16,000 semifinalists for its 67th annual merit scholarship awards program— and among the honorees are a school record—17 seniors from Oak Park High. From the Las Virgenes Unified School district, 13 students received the honor. The high school seniors will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth […]

‘Lost Hills’ sleuth makes Agoura appearance

The Agoura Hills One City One Book program returns live for its 14th season as Lee Goldberg, a Calabasas resident and world-renowned crime novelist, speaks to the public about his bestselling book, “Lost Hills,” Sept. 30 at the Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center. Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award mystery winner and two-time Shamus Award nominee in the detective […]

Cartoon

Let your creative juices flow with Acorn fiction contest

EDITORIAL

When it comes to writing, age is only a number. You’re never too young or too old to start. Need proof? Susan Eloise Hinton, better known as S.E. Hinton, was just 19 when her first novel, “The Outsiders,” was published. Frank McCourt was 66 when his first book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography “Angela’s Ashes,” hit shelves. Whether a teen or […]

Thoughts on the videographer

I remember when my boss in the toxic waste treatment/storage business would call me into his office and start off with: “Look, this problem has all kinds of arms and legs to it.” As an ardent fan, I still have to admit that the First Amendment can then be described as a giant mutant octopus with numerous arms. Interpretation and […]