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The news.
Clean.

Passions, not algorithms.

No ads. No algorithm deciding what you see. No opinion dressed up as fact.

Real sources. Your city. Your passions. Your daily scoop.

Reader-funded, never advertiser-funded — so what you read is only ever for you.

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Clean.
No ads. No spin. No algorithm. Real sources only — AP, BBC, Reuters, NPR, your local paper. Deduplicated, balanced, and delivered straight.
Yours.
Your city. Your passions. Your daily scoop. Charleston. Clemson. Celtics. Braves. Set it once and it's yours. Read it plain or with personality — same facts, different voice.
Fair.
$5 is $5. Reader-funded. Never advertiser-funded. When we open beyond beta, it stays a clean $5 — no tiers, no tricks. Early supporters become Founding Members, grandfathered for good.

"Every morning you open three tabs just to triangulate the truth. One leans left. One leans right. One is trying to sell you something. Meanwhile an algorithm decides what matters to you. Passions, not algorithms. There's a better way."

The nearly.news promise
How It Works
1
We pull from across the spectrum
AP, Reuters, BBC, NPR — not one outlet's take, all of them. Then we deduplicate, strip the spin, and surface what actually happened.
2
You tell us what matters to you
Your city. Your passions. Your daily scoop. Set it once — sports, arts, music, local community, whatever drives you. We build around your life, not an algorithm's agenda.
3
Your Daily High / Low / Buffalo 🦬
Plain facts or personality — your call. The same news delivered as your Daily Scoop, your Daily Tea, your Daily Biscuit. High, Low, and the one nobody saw coming. Every morning.
Sources

We read everything. You follow your passions.

Pulling from across the spectrum — left, right, center, local, and international — then giving you the facts.

Associated Press
Reuters
BBC
NPR
Post & Courier
ESPN
CBS Sports
247Sports
The Athletic
AP State Wire
Local TV & Radio
+ More daily

When the product is free,
you are the product.

Every free news app is funded by advertisers who want your attention, your clicks, and your data. We're funded by you — and only you. That changes everything about how we make decisions.

Pricing

Clean price.
No tricks.

We're in private beta — free for invited readers while we build. Where pricing is headed: your local news is always free — that's the mission — and the whole paper is $5.

Free
Free.
Always. No card required.
  • Local, State, National & International — always
  • One passion section, your pick (Sports, Arts & more)
  • Your Daily High / Low / Buffalo
  • Plain delivery
  • Drill into any story
  • Every other section
  • All 5 voices · custom feeds
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At launch
Reader
$5
per month. $5 is $5.
  • Everything in Free
  • Every section — and every one we add
  • Sports, Arts, Scene & more
  • All 5 personality voices
  • Your News — full personalization + custom feeds
  • More stories per feed
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Founding Members

Here in the beta? You're founding it. Early supporters become Founding Members — grandfathered, their place kept when we open the doors. Not tipping. Founding.

No annual contracts. No confusing tiers. Reader-funded, so we answer only to you.

Same facts.
Your voice.

The news doesn't change. How you receive it can.

Choose your delivery style each morning. The facts are always intact — we just change the tone. Because sometimes you want the straight story, and sometimes the world has earned a little side-eye.

Plain
Just the facts. Clean, sourced, balanced. Nothing added, nothing removed.
"The Fed held rates steady at its May meeting, citing mixed signals on inflation."
Witty
A clever friend texting you the news. Light, warm, factually intact.
"The Fed did its best 'not it' impression again. Economists nodded along like they called it."
Snarky
Dry, world-weary, accurate. For when the news has earned the eye-roll.
"In a development that surprised no one, rates remain unchanged. The committee continues to exist."
Southern
Warm, folksy, colorful. Like a Charleston neighbor over sweet tea.
"Well bless their hearts up at the Fed — left things right where they were. Lord willing."
British
Dry, understated, proper. Reporting for the BBC after a very long day.
"The Fed, exercising its customary restraint, elected to do nothing whatsoever. Quite."

Stop triangulating.
Start reading.

Clean news. No ads. You guide it.
Private beta now — invite-only, free to read.
$5 when we open the doors. Founding Members keep their place.

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