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Pro

$49/month

Custom monitoring for any topic you can describe

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What readers are saying

"You're amazing, thank you for your hard work! I found your service through a post you made on reddit, and I recommend your service to literally everyone I know who likes to read the news.

I think this is exactly the sort of thing that AI should be used for, and really demonstrates the power of AI to provide the accessibility and simple convenience that we were promised when AI first appeared.

Again, really great work here!"

— Faelin Landy

"You are doing a great job with this project. I have been bothered by this problem for the past 4 or 5 years.

I read 8-10 comprehensive news aggregator sites, along with several subreddits every day and the redundancy was driving me nuts. NM is a great solution.

I especially appreciate how you are adapting and improving it."

— William Meller

"I really can't say enough good things about News Minimalist. Keep up the amazing work!"

— Dave Levine

Premium features

Here's how personal feed works:

Category filters

Personal feed lets you choose the categories you want to read and set individual thresholds for each.

  • Tech enthusiast and not a fan of sports? Set the tech news threshold to 3+ and disable sports by setting significance filter to 10+.
  • Interested in science and don't care about day-to-day politics? Set the science category to 4+ and world and nation to 6+ (to not miss really big events).

Country filters

Premium lets you select which countries appear in your feed. This means you can:

  • See more local stories from your country that are not as significant globally but much more relevant to you,
  • Follow specific regions or countries you care about.

Block topics

Block any topics, keywords, or sources you'd rather not see. Common examples include:

  • Ongoing conflicts you're already well-informed about (Israel, Ukraine),
  • Politicians or celebrities you're not interested in (Trump, Putin, Taylor Swift),
  • Topics that affect your mental well-being (suicide, shooting),
  • News sources that don't meet your standards (dailymail.co.uk).

The free version shows stories covered by at least 3 news sources.

On premium, you get access to stories covered by a single source, tripling the number of stories you see at a high significance range (5+).

You'll see more unique analytical pieces and niche news, overlooked by major media.

News summaries

News articles are often unnecessarily long.

Premium saves you time by giving you a concise summary of every story.

Read anywhere

Your personal feed will be available via email, on the web, and via RSS.

Email

The email will be sent once a day at a time you've chosen.

Web

The web version will look like the feed on the homepage, but will follow the filters you've set.

RSS

The RSS feed will include all stories from your feed with summaries and a link to the original source.

Pro features

Describe any topic

Tell the agent what you want to follow — in your own words. No keywords, no boolean operators, no complex query syntax.

Be as vague or specific as you need. Include what you want, exclude what you don't. The AI understands your intent.

Examples:

  • "Hopeful news about cities"
  • "Major automakers' EV transitions - Ford, GM, VW, Toyota. Looking for battery deals, production targets, factory investments."
  • "Climate policy news, but skip doom predictions, political debates, and celebrity activism"

AI filters the noise

Keyword alerts send you everything that matches — mostly noise. Agents are different.

AI reads each article and scores how well it matches your actual intent, not just your keywords. You only see articles that genuinely matter to your query.

Thresholds

Each agent has two thresholds you can adjust:

  • Relevance — how closely an article matches your topic description
  • Significance — how important the news is (same scoring used across News Minimalist)

Set stricter thresholds for fewer, highly-targeted results. Loosen them for broader coverage.

Results on web and email

Browse your results on the web anytime, or get them delivered to your inbox. Choose delivery time and summary length: titles only for quick scanning, or 1-3 paragraph summaries for more context.

What is an agent?

An agent is a custom news monitor. You describe what you want to follow, and it searches 30,000+ articles daily, scoring each for relevance to your query.

Pro includes 5 agents. Each tracks a separate topic with its own thresholds.

FAQ

Do you have a free trial?
I don't have a free trial, but if you're not happy with the subscription, I'll refund your payment within the first two weeks - no questions asked.
How easy is it to cancel?

Very easy. I hate dark patterns myself. Click "Manage subscription" on this page, and you'll get redirected to the Stripe billing portal, where you can cancel in literally two clicks.

You'll continue to have access until the end of the billing period.

How can I get support?

Email me at hello@mail.newsminimalist.com.

If I'm not sleeping, I typically respond within several hours.

If you have any questions, let me know at hello@mail.newsminimalist.com.