Free News Reader
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Hit a paywall? Get a free summary of any news article — powered by AI.
Do you hate running into paywalls at news sites? Never get stuck there again. You can almost always find a free version of the story!
Free News Reader detects when you've hit a paywalled article and gives you a one-click way to get the full context — for free. No subscriptions required. No paywall bypassing. Just smart AI that finds you the story.
HOW IT WORKS
• Visit any major news site
• A small notification bar appears at the top of paywalled articles
• Click "Free News Reader" and get an instant summary with:
– A clear headline
– Two key takeaway bullet points
– A full 200-300 word context article
– Links to free sources covering the same story (AP, Reuters, NPR, BBC, and more)
– An AI-generated editorial image
WHAT THIS EXTENSION DOES NOT DO
• It does NOT bypass, crack, or circumvent any paywall
• It does NOT access or scrape any paywalled content
• It only reads publicly visible metadata (headline, description) from the page you're already on
Latest reviews
- Maynard Burke
- This has been helpful! Just see what the story is about so you can not pay the fee and move on your day
- Rush James
- Excellent tool that gives you good summary of paid articles. I recommend it!
- David Rodin
- Super useful tool! As someone who reads through the news a ton this is excellent to have handy especially when doing a deepdive into a specific topic. I highly recommend it.
- Milton Moss
- Cool. Didn't have to pay for those two New York newspaper articles