The Acorn Newspapers
Newspaper PublishingCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
The Acorn Newspapers is a family-owned regional publisher based in Calabasas, California, operating five weekly newspapers and Beyond the Acorn, a quarterly lifestyle magazine. It serves the communities of Agoura Hills/Calabasas/Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo and Moorpark, delivering a combined circulation of 145,000. The company focuses on local news and community coverage through its print products, positioning itself as a locally rooted player in the newspaper publishing industry. It is a mid-sized, family-owned operation with a local footprint. In November 2025, The Acorn's Thousand Oaks-based theater and music critic, Cary Ginell, received a Will Rogers Medallion gold medal for co-writing an upcoming documentary, a noted recent development.