2021-12-03

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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.

Archives

2021-12-03 E-Edition

Winter WONDERLAND

Simi family goes the extra yard for holidays

EYE-POPPING DISPLAY—At left, the Sheppicks’ home on Placerita Drive in Simi Valley is always fully decked out for the holidays. Below, Scott Sheppick sets up holiday decorations in the house’s front yard on Nov. 26. The large, colorful display attracts crowds each year. Bottom left, neighbors Landon Dahme, 5, left, his mother, Marissa, and 2-year-old sister, Julia, check out the […]

Chamber spotlights excellent honorees



Simi Valley’s business and nonprofit community is filled with lots of local stars and each year the Chamber of Commerce selects some of the best and brightest to spotlight at its annual Salute to Excellence Awards. With celebratory balloons in hand, members of the Chamber’s board—including Chamber President and CEO Kathi Van Etten—delivered the good news in person to this […]

Former SVUSD trustee joins county Board of Education



The Ventura County Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Arleigh Kidd as the new board member representing trustee area four, which includes Moorpark, Simi Valley and surrounding unincorporated areas. Kidd, a longtime Simi Valley educator, fills the seat left vacant when Rob Collins stepped down from the board on Oct. 25 due to health reasons. He assumed his new […]

Father accused of putting 4-year-old daughter in a coma

Beating leaves the girl in critical condition, police officials say


The Ventura County district attorney’s office filed charges Wednesday against a 25-year-old Thousand Oaks man accused of beating his 4-year-old daughter into a coma. As doctors at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles worked to save the girl’s life, Tekquan Alexander pleaded not guilty Dec. 1 to multiple felonies, including torture, aggravated mayhem and assault on a child causing comatose condition or […]

Strong winds trigger outages



Many families last week reunited for their first Thanksgiving Day celebrations since the pandemic began and lockdowns were put into place. But for thousands of Southern California Edison customers who had to endure much of the day without electricity due to the biggest windstorm of the year, the day turned into a bit of turkey. With wind, heat and humidity […]

Hey, Santa, could you bring us some rain?

EDITORIAL

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” Benjamin Franklin’s aphorism written 275 years ago for his “Poor Richard’s Almanac” used the word water metaphorically, but given the lack of rain the past two years, it could very well be the tagline for just about any water company across the Golden State. Few things are as sure as […]

Political Cartoon

On patriotism, vaccines

In reading the letter dated Nov. 26, “Parents Allowed to be Cautious,” it is apparent that the writer is the one who has “bought the bill of goods by the right wing pundits” on Fox No News that only employs two intelligent journalists. As of now, it is on record that more unvaccinated people crowding our hospitals are dying from […]

Essential rights vs. arrogance

We’re all tired of having to wear a mask when we are in public: going to the market, retail businesses, salons and gyms. What I am beginning to notice more and more in this community is the defiance by people who don’t wear a mask when going into local businesses that require one. A local market recently posted a sign […]