2006-11-24

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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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Parish plans groundbreaking for Simi’s first Catholic preschool

Project will include a kindergarten and youth ministry center as well

Saint Peter Claver Parish in Simi Valley has announced a date for the groundbreaking ceremony that will usher in the city’s first Catholic preschool. On Sunday, Dec. 10 the 3,300family parish will officially begin construction on a $4-million project that will include a preschool, a kindergarten, a youth ministry center and an enlarged parking lot. The structures will be located […]

What’s in store this December at Moorpark College’s Performing Arts Center



Moorpark College will present the following performances in December in the Performing Arts Center on campus. The Original One Acts are short plays written, directed, designed and acted by students in the Studio Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 through 9 and 1:30 p.m. Wednesday., Dec. 6. Sonic Contrasts, an intimate mixed chamber group of piano, winds and strings, shares […]

Master chorale will perform Christmas concert in Moorpark



The Los Robles Master Chorale and the Moorpark Symphony Orchestra together will perform Mozart’s Requiem, his final composition, and the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah on the Main Stage of the Performing Arts Center, Moorpark College. The concerts are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 1 and 2, and at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3. Featured soloists are soprano Lynn […]

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I am not a Will Ferrell fan. Ironically, my last column kinda dissed the man. “Elf” was great-if you’re a 5yearold, “Kicking and Screaming” if you’re 7. “Anchor Man,” “Bewitched” and “Talladega Nights” are all throwaway efforts, if not at the box office, certainly in the realm of the cerebrally sound. The irony is that Will Ferrell’s a bona fide […]

Simi Library’s family night packed



A GOOD READ-Above, Autumn Denzacci, 6, of Simi Valley enjoys a good book with her dad, Joseph, during family night at the Simi Valley Public Library. More than 1,400 people attended the recent event. At left, Mujtaba Kazem, 8, right, and Zacharia Afzali, 5, of Simi Valley color parrots; Sue Kazem and Fawzia Hashmy converse.

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A 25-year-old man was arrested Nov. 16 at the intersection of First Street and Royal Avenue and charged with aggravated mayhem, torture, false imprisonment and torture. A 29-year-old man was arrested Nov. 16 on the 900 block of Ashland Street for driving without a license. A 25-year-old woman was arrested Nov. 17 at the intersection of Katherine Road and Christine […]

Simi, Royal each sending teams to state cross country meet

RHS boys aiming for third straight Division I title

Area cross country programs will be well represented at Saturday’s CIF State Championships in Fresno. Royal High captured the Division I boys’ championship during last weekend’s CIF-Southern Section finals at Mount San Antonio College. The Highlanders were led by Michael Cybulski (14:54), Hudson Andrews (14:57) and Jun Reichl (15:18). Cybulski and Andrews finished first and second, respectively, while Reichl was […]

Ice hockey squad finishes third in Chicago tourney



FIRE ON ICE-The West Valley Wolves Squirt, a youth ice hockey team based out of Panorama City, placed third in the prestigious Chicago Chill Nike/Bauer AAA International Invitational Tournament earlier this month. The 1996 birth-year division consisted of 32 teams from North America and throughout the world. West Valley beat three top 10 teams in its bracket to advance to […]

Children’s choir comes to T.O.

Will perform nostalgic, traditional songs for Christmas

“Sounds of Christmas,” the annual holiday performance of the Los Robles Children’s Choir, will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 in the Fred Kavli Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Donna Young, artistic director, will conduct 130 children ranging in age from 8 to 19 years, […]

Sonrise Christian Fellowship offers Simi’s downtrodden full hearts and a full plate

Many smiles seen at early Thanksgiving dinner