My instinct is to agree... However, I don't think "news" means what it used to any more. Since there are so many sources of information it doesn't mean "new to

My instinct is to agree... However, I don't think "news" means what it used to any more. Since there are so many sources of information it doesn't mean "new to the world" any more, it instead means "new to the reader". In that sense, that it is from another year is fairly irrelevant.