AI newsletter writer for Ghost publications
Drop in your Ghost publication URL. HeyNews studies the issues you have published, reads what you read, and writes the next draft in under a minute, in your voice. Edit inside HeyNews and publish from Ghost.
14-day trial or 5 generated issues. Keep using Ghost; HeyNews drafts, you review before sending.
What it is
HeyNews is an AI newsletter writer for Ghost publications. It imports your public Ghost archive, trains a Voice Profile from the issues you have already published, watches the sources you trust (RSS feeds, sites, X, Reddit, saved articles), and drafts your next newsletter in your voice for you to review and publish. Plans start at $39/mo with a 14-day free trial.
HeyNews does not replace Ghost. Ghost stays where your members, payments, publishing, and deliverability live. HeyNews is the production layer that turns your publication archive plus your sources into a draft that already sounds like the writer your members subscribed to.
How HeyNews works with Ghost
- Point HeyNews at your Ghost publication
- No login to Ghost, no setup, no browser extension. HeyNews fetches the public posts at your Ghost URL and uses them as the starting point for your Voice Profile.
- Build your Voice Profile from real publications
- HeyNews studies the tone, structure, signature phrases, and the way you handle weekly issues vs longer essays. Real Ghost posts beat any prompt-engineered "style guide".
- Choose what counts as voice memory
- If you publish both blog posts and newsletter issues on Ghost, you can tell HeyNews which to weight more. Newsletter-format posts usually train better voice memory than long blog essays.
- Add the sources behind your next issue
- RSS feeds, websites, X profiles, Reddit threads, and saved articles. HeyNews scans them and surfaces a ranked shortlist of stories that match what your members actually read.
- Review the draft, then publish from Ghost
- HeyNews drafts the issue with subject line and preview text options. Edit until it sounds right, copy the finished version into Ghost's editor, and publish it on your schedule.
What to expect today
HeyNews creates the draft. It does not push to Ghost or auto-publish for you. Today you review inside HeyNews, copy the finished version into Ghost, and publish it yourself. Voice training works on the public portions of your publication; member-only or paid-only posts that sit behind the Ghost paywall give HeyNews less to learn from until the public previews are visible.
Why it feels different for Ghost operators
- Trained on the publication your members already know
- Ghost gives independent publishers the platform. It does not give you a strong AI drafting workflow. HeyNews learns from the issues you have already published, so the first draft starts in the voice your members subscribed for.
- Newsletter voice separated from blog voice
- If you use Ghost for both blog posts and newsletter issues, the two read differently. HeyNews lets you weight the newsletter format more in the Voice Profile, so the draft does not sound like a long-form essay every time.
- A shortlist of stories before you start writing
- Ghost is where you write and publish. HeyNews helps before that by scanning your sources overnight and surfacing a ranked shortlist of stories worth covering, so Sunday is not "what should I write about?".
- Separate Voice Profiles for separate cadences
- A weekly free issue and a monthly paid deep dive read differently. HeyNews keeps separate Voice Profiles, sources, and draft histories for each, so the wrong tone never bleeds into the wrong issue.
- Subject lines and preview text included
- Each draft includes subject line and preview text options plus opinionated takes on the stories, so the issue is closer to ready by the time you open Ghost.
Pricing
| Plan | Plan details | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 15 issues / month · 2 Ghost publications | $99/mo |
| Pro | 45 issues / month · 4 publications | $299/mo |
| Team | 90 issues / month · 10 publications · 100 AI revisions per draft | $499/mo |
Your Ghost subscription stays separate. HeyNews plans start at $39/mo and include a 14-day or 5-issue free trial, whichever ends first.
Use cases
The independent publisher with a paid Ghost newsletter
You run a paid Ghost publication with 8,000 paying members. The newsletter is the business, but writing it eats your week. HeyNews trains on your archive, drafts in your voice, and the time you save goes back into reporting, member retention, and growth.
The Ghost publication with both free and paid tiers
You publish a free weekly issue and a paid monthly deep dive. HeyNews keeps separate Voice Profiles for each tier, so the free issue stays accessible and the paid one stays substantive, without you re-explaining the brief every week.
The Ghost publisher who writes both blog posts and newsletter issues
You publish long-form essays and a recurring newsletter on the same Ghost site. HeyNews can weight the newsletter format more heavily in the Voice Profile, so the next issue does not sound like a 3,000-word essay you cut down to email length.
The Ghost-to-beehiiv evaluator
You are weighing a move from Ghost to beehiiv. HeyNews works with both. Train on your Ghost archive today, then layer in your beehiiv history once the migration finishes, without retraining the Voice Profile from scratch.
FAQ
Does HeyNews replace Ghost?
No. Ghost stays where your members, payments, publishing, and deliverability live. HeyNews is the production layer that drafts each issue from your publication archive plus your sources, so the page you copy into Ghost is already written in your voice.
How does HeyNews import my Ghost archive?
Point HeyNews at your Ghost publication URL. It fetches the public posts you have published and trains a Voice Profile from them. No login to Ghost, no setup, no browser extension to install.
Does HeyNews push drafts directly into Ghost?
Not today. Drafts live inside HeyNews until you decide they are ready. When you finalize one, copy it into Ghost's editor and publish it yourself. That keeps you in editorial control and means a misclick never publishes to your members.
Can HeyNews read my member-only or paid Ghost posts?
HeyNews trains on what is publicly visible: free posts and the public preview portions of paid posts. If most of your archive is gated to paying members, you can supplement onboarding by uploading example issues so the Voice Profile has more to learn from.
Can I use blog posts as voice training for a newsletter?
You can, but it is not always ideal. Long-form essays and recurring newsletter issues read differently. HeyNews lets you weight newsletter-format posts more heavily in the Voice Profile, so the draft does not sound like a condensed blog essay.
How many past Ghost issues do I need?
HeyNews works best with at least three published issues. With fewer, the first draft leans more on the briefs you write during onboarding. Publish two or three issues first, then connect. The Voice Profile sharpens with every issue you add.
Will Ghost member and engagement data show up in HeyNews?
Not directly today. Ghost keeps member-level open and click data inside Ghost. HeyNews still learns from your public publication, but it cannot read engagement signals the way it can on beehiiv or Kit.
What is the free trial?
14 days or 5 generated issues, whichever ends first. A payment method is required so accounts cannot be recycled. Cancel any time during the trial and you are not charged.
Publish a Ghost issue that reads like the one you would have written.
Import your Ghost archive, train HeyNews on your publication, and judge the first draft yourself. If it does not sound like you, we have not done our job.
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