AI newsletter writer for Medium writers
Hand HeyNews your Medium profile or publication. It learns from the essays you have already written, watches the sources you read, and drafts your next newsletter in your voice in under a minute. Review here, then send from whichever platform owns your list.
14-day trial or 5 generated issues. Keep using Medium; HeyNews drafts, you review before sending.
What it is
HeyNews is an AI newsletter writer for Medium writers moving audience ownership into email. It imports your public Medium author or publication archive, trains a Voice Profile from the essays 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 send from beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, or Mailchimp. Plans start at $39/mo with a 14-day free trial.
HeyNews does not replace Medium. If Medium is still your publishing home, you can keep publishing there. HeyNews is the production layer that uses your Medium archive as voice memory for the newsletter you send somewhere else.
How HeyNews works with Medium
- Point HeyNews at your Medium profile or publication
- No login to Medium, no setup, no browser extension. HeyNews fetches the public essays at your Medium URL and uses them as the starting point for your Voice Profile.
- Build your Voice Profile from real essays
- HeyNews studies the tone, structure, recurring framings, and signature phrases that make your writing yours. Real Medium essays beat any prompt-engineered "style guide".
- Translate essay voice into newsletter voice
- A 1,800-word Medium essay and a 600-word newsletter issue read differently. HeyNews lets you describe your newsletter cadence and length so the Voice Profile produces newsletter drafts, not condensed 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 worth covering for your subscribers, not your Medium feed algorithm.
- Review the draft, then send from your newsletter platform
- HeyNews drafts the issue with subject line and preview text options. Edit until it sounds right, copy the finished version into beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, or Mailchimp, and send it on your schedule.
What to expect today
HeyNews creates the draft. It does not publish back to Medium and it does not send from a newsletter platform on your behalf. Today you review inside HeyNews, then send from beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, or Mailchimp. Voice training works on public Medium essays; Partner Program paywalled posts and member-only stories give HeyNews less to learn from until the public portions are visible.
Why it feels different for Medium operators
- Voice memory from the essays your readers already know
- Medium gives writers a publishing surface but no AI drafting workflow tuned to their voice. HeyNews learns from the essays you have already published, so the first newsletter draft starts in the voice your readers actually subscribed for.
- Essay voice translated to newsletter voice
- Medium essays are usually longer and more reflective than a recurring newsletter. HeyNews lets you describe your newsletter cadence and length, so the draft is shaped for email, not pasted from an essay you wrote two years ago.
- A shortlist of stories before you start writing
- Medium's reading feed is optimized for Medium engagement, not your newsletter's editorial. HeyNews scans the sources you actually trust and surfaces a ranked shortlist of stories worth covering for your audience.
- Built for the Medium-to-newsletter migration
- If you are moving audience ownership off Medium and into a newsletter, HeyNews is the production layer that bridges the two: your Medium archive becomes the voice training, your newsletter platform becomes the send.
- Subject lines and preview text included
- Each draft includes subject line and preview text options, so the issue is closer to ready by the time you open beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, or Mailchimp.
Pricing
| Plan | Plan details | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 15 issues / month · 2 newsletters | $99/mo |
| Pro | 45 issues / month · 4 newsletters | $299/mo |
| Team | 90 issues / month · 10 newsletters · 100 AI revisions per draft | $499/mo |
Your Medium membership and your newsletter platform stay separate. HeyNews plans start at $39/mo and include a 14-day or 5-issue free trial, whichever ends first.
Use cases
The Medium writer leaving for beehiiv or Substack
You spent five years building an audience on Medium and now you want to own them. HeyNews uses your Medium archive as voice training for the newsletter you launch on beehiiv or Substack, so the first issue sounds like the writer your audience already follows.
The Medium essayist running a side newsletter
You still publish essays on Medium, but you also run a recurring newsletter on Kit. HeyNews uses your Medium archive as voice memory and drafts newsletter-shaped issues from your sources, so the side newsletter does not become the thing that slips when you launch.
The Medium publication editor
You edit a Medium publication with multiple contributors. HeyNews can train on the publication archive to produce drafts in the publication's editorial voice. Useful when you need a reliable house style for a newsletter spin-off.
The writer experimenting with format
You write long essays on Medium but want a tighter newsletter format. HeyNews translates your essay voice into shorter, faster issues, so you can experiment without rewriting your style from scratch.
FAQ
Does HeyNews replace Medium?
No. If Medium is still your publishing home, you can keep publishing there. HeyNews is the production layer that uses your Medium archive as voice memory for the newsletter you send somewhere else.
Can HeyNews train on my Medium posts?
Yes. Point HeyNews at your Medium profile or publication URL and it fetches your public essays. They become the input for your Voice Profile, so the first newsletter draft starts in the voice your readers already know.
Can HeyNews publish back to Medium?
Not today. HeyNews drafts newsletters meant to be sent from beehiiv, Kit, Substack, Ghost, or Mailchimp. If you also want to cross-post the issue to Medium, copy the finished draft into the Medium editor yourself.
What if my Medium posts are essays, not newsletter issues?
Medium essays are usually longer and more reflective than a recurring newsletter. HeyNews lets you describe your newsletter cadence and length during onboarding, so the Voice Profile produces newsletter drafts that read for email, not condensed essays.
Can I use HeyNews if I am moving from Medium to beehiiv or Kit?
Yes, that is one of the most common starting points. Train HeyNews on your Medium archive today so your new beehiiv or Kit broadcasts sound like the writer your audience already follows. Once your new archive grows, HeyNews layers it in too.
Can HeyNews read paywalled Medium Partner Program posts?
HeyNews trains on what is publicly visible. Partner Program posts often show only a public preview to non-members. You can supplement onboarding by uploading example essays so the Voice Profile has more to learn from.
Will Medium follower and clap data show up in HeyNews?
Not directly today. Medium keeps follower-level data inside Medium. HeyNews still learns from your public essays, but it cannot read Medium engagement signals the way it can pull beehiiv or Kit subscriber data.
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.
Your Medium voice, packaged for the newsletter you actually own.
Import your Medium archive, train HeyNews on your essays, and judge the first newsletter draft yourself. If it does not sound like you, we have not done our job.
Import my Medium archiveBuilt by Cagri and Eren. We have watched friends spend years building Medium audiences they did not own. HeyNews is built for the move into a newsletter you do.
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