What's new - September 9, 2026

Use your team's AI Writers

You can now create Drafts with any ready AI Writer in a Publication you can edit, including writers a teammate trained. Those writers also work in Draft Automation, with Style Rules and Reusable Links available to edit.

A clearer dashboard

Training, AI Writers, Sources, and Stories now share a compact summary, with recent issue performance below. View performance opens Analytics, and Manage AI Writers takes you straight to your writers. Missing measurements show Not available instead of 0%. The mobile menu also works with a keyboard.

Fixes

  • Finishing an archive import during setup no longer sends you back to the connection screen. Your Publication's name refreshes when setup finishes.
  • Removing a Kit connection also asks Kit to uninstall HeyNews. If Kit cannot confirm, HeyNews removes the connection and tells you how to finish in Kit.
  • Where the Format Generator is available, returning from payment opens your Format Run. Your first trial uses the empty Publication created at signup, and existing subscribers keep their plan without starting another subscription.
  • In that setup path, reviews flag missing Sources or unsupported headlines instead of treating a completed research step as proof that the proposal passed.