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Hourly Newsy

Hourly Newsy is a fast, flexible, one-tap audio news player for newsies like us who like to stay current throughout the day.

With more than 65 hourly and daily global feeds covering business, tech, politics, and world affairs, plus presets, favorites, continuous playback, and fresh feeds, Hourly Newsy keeps your news just a tap away.

65+ of the World’s most dependable news sources

ALL EARS

Less screen time, more ear time.

Hourly Newsy is designed to require the least amount of screen time possible. Unlike a normal podcast player, you set your news sources and preferences once and simply open the app to begin playing from then on. Keep your podcast app for everything else.

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Full feature set

It’s always the little things that make something special.

We hope we thought of everything you’d need to easily shape your news updates just the way you want them. Check out the features below and let us know if we missed anything!

Source Selection

Choose from 67 news sources, with new sources added regularly.
Save sources as favorites for quick access.
Group sources by publisher.
Sort sources by episode length.
Drag sources into your preferred playback order.
Create up to 6 custom presets.

Playback

Continuous playback across selected sources.
Skip played episodes.
Remember playback position by episode.
Quick refresh button updates all episodes.

Personalization

Full native lock screen and AirPods controls.
Playback speed controls.
Sleep timer.
Share episodes.
Background audio playback.

Source directory

A broad mix of hourly, daily, business, tech, and world news feeds.

Sources are organized by publisher with update cadence and approximate episode lengths rounded to the nearest five minutes.

67 sources

ABC Australia

The World TodayDaily · 25:00

ABC News

ABC News UpdateHourly · 5:00
ABC Start HereDaily · 25:00

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera News Updates3x Daily · 5:00

Associated Press

AP Headline NewsHourly · 5:00

BBC

BBC Global News Podcast2x Daily · 30:00
BBC NewscastDaily · 35:00
BBC World Service 5-Minute NewsHourly · 5:00
Newshour3x Daily · 45:00
Tech LifeWeekly · 25:00
World Business Report3x Daily · 20:00

Bloomberg

Big TakeDaily · 20:00
Bloomberg News NowDaily · 5:00
Bloomberg TechDaily · 40:00

CBC

As It HappensDaily · 60:00
CBC Front BurnerDaily · 35:00
CBC The World This HourHourly · 5:00
CBC World ReportDaily · 10:00

CNBC

CNBC Squawk PodDaily · 40:00
Morning CallDaily · 40:00

CNN

AmanpourDaily · 55:00
CNN 5 Things3x Daily · 15:00

C-SPAN

C-SPAN Washington TodayDaily · 55:00

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! AudioDaily · 60:00

Deutsche Welle

DW News BriefHourly · 5:00
Inside EuropeWeekly · 55:00

Financial Times

FT News BriefingDaily · 20:00

Fox News

Fox News Hourly UpdateHourly · 5:00

France 24

FocusDaily · 5:00
The DebateDaily · 45:00

Marketplace

MarketplaceDaily · 30:00
Marketplace Morning Report5x Daily · 5:00
Marketplace TechDaily · 10:00

Monocle

The BriefingDaily · 30:00
The GlobalistDaily · 60:00
The Monocle DailyDaily · 40:00

NBC News

NBC Nightly News with Tom LlamasDaily · 20:00

New York Times

NYTimes The HeadlinesDaily · 10:00
The DailyDaily · 45:00

NHK

NHK Asian ViewDaily · 5:00

NPR

NPR News NowHourly · 5:00
NPR Up FirstDaily · 20:00
State of the WorldDaily · 10:00

PBS

PBS News Hour - Supreme CourtDaily · 5:00
PBS NewsHour - WorldHourly · 10:00

PRX

The World from PRXDaily · 50:00
The World Latest EditionDaily · 50:00

Punchbowl News

The Daily PunchDaily · 15:00

Reuters

Reuters World NewsDaily · 15:00

RFI

International ReportWeekly · 5:00

RTE

World ReportWeekly · 10:00

SBS

SBS News Headlines3x Daily · 5:00
SBS News In DepthHourly · 10:00

TechCrunch

Daily CrunchDaily · 5:00
Startup NewsDaily · 10:00

The Economist

The Economist The IntelligenceDaily · 35:00
The World in BriefDaily · 5:00

The Guardian

Guardian Today in Focus2x Daily · 20:00

The NewsWorthy

The NewsWorthyDaily · 15:00

The Washington Post

The Washington Post The 7Daily · 10:00

United Nations

UN News - Global PerspectiveDaily · 5:00
UN News TodayDaily · 5:00

USA Today

USA TODAY The ExcerptDaily · 15:00

Vox

Vox Today, ExplainedDaily · 30:00

Wall Street Journal

WSJ Minute Briefing3x Daily · 5:00
WSJ The JournalDaily · 25:00
WSJ What's News2x Daily · 15:00

Support

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