2012-07-27

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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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Group offers networking, professional development, community involvement

Young Professionals Network

Join Simi Valley Young Professionals Network on Thursday, August 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Limon Latin Grill, 1555 Simi Valley Town Center Way, No. 695. The Simi Valley Young Professionals Network gives business people ages 21 to 39 a forum for networking, professional development and community involvement. For more information, contact Maddie Perry at the Chamber at 805-526-3900. […]

Robotics camp gets kids’ imaginations churning

Space available in August sessions

Robotics & Things of Simi Valley has space available at the ninth annual summer hands-on Robotics Camp/Workshop for the two sessions that meet the weeks of Aug. 6 and 13 at Sumac Elementary School, 6050 N. Calmfield Ave., Agoura Hills. Both camps run Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the camp, children will create and design robots, robotic arms, robotic vehicles […]

Simi-based collegians earn high marks



•Chelsea Scott of Simi Valley has graduated from Loyola Marymount University, joining more than 1,300 classmates in the 2012 centennial graduating class. Scott earned a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in liberal studies. Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is a Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates on the West Coast. •Kevin Kieselbach of Simi Valley was named to the […]

Simi man aiming to take college district seat

Incumbent from Moorpark wants to keep his chair on board


A Simi Valley small-business man is hoping to bump a Moorpark incumbent from his seat on the community college district board. Simi resident Ash Givargis pulled nomination papers on July 16 to run for the trustee seat representing Area 4 on the Ventura County Community College District’s governing board. Givargis, an information technology professional who’s been employed with the state […]

Tavern harkens back to merry olde England

RESTAURANT REVIEW The Mermaid Tavern


The Mermaid Tavern, before it burned down in the 1666 Great Fire of London, was a popular meeting place for some of Elizabethan England’s top literary figures. Among its visitors: Sir Walter Raleigh, Ben Jonson, John Donne and William Shakespeare. John Keats even wrote a poem about the famous watering hole where intellectuals used to meet on the first Friday […]

Take a trip this summer with Fillmore & Western Railway



The Fillmore & Western Railway offers a variety of train rides in August. All rides depart from and return to the station in Fillmore. Most trips require advance reservations. All trips run rain or shine. For more information or reservations, call (805) 524-2546 or go to www.fwry.com. Weekend Scenic Excursion Train Rides on Aug. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, […]

The Movie Nut



Along with thrilling audiences, drawing acclaim from critics and reaping record-breaking box office receipts, the fantasy “The Dark Knight Rises” will forever be linked to an unfathomable real-life tragedy—the massacre that took place on its opening night in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater. Yet one of the themes of the movie is: Rise up against the darkness; do not let […]

Concert will benefit Krochet Kids



Heidi Yost Voice Studio and Iced Pita Music Lessons will present a benefit concert for Krochet Kids international at 7 p.m. Wed., Aug. 8 at Stonebridge Community Church, 4832 Cochran St., Simi Valley. Broadway tunes, jazz, country and pop music will be presented by Justin Ramos on keyboard along with current and former students of Heidi Yost. Admission is $5 […]

Briefs



Park district hosts weekly dance Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District hosts a weekly English Country Dance each Tuesday from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005-C Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. This is social dancing in the style of Jane Austen’s Regency England. No partner is necessary and no experience is required; all dances […]

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