diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/abstractURLPattern.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/abstractURLPattern.java
index db87594c4..73207cdcb 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/abstractURLPattern.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/abstractURLPattern.java
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ public abstract class abstractURLPattern implements plasmaURLPattern {
             plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_PROXY,
             plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_DHT,
             plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_SEARCH,
-            plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_SURFTIPS
+            plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_SURFTIPS,
+            plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_NEWS
     }));
-    public static final String BLACKLIST_TYPES_STRING="proxy,crawler,dht,search,surftips";
+    public static final String BLACKLIST_TYPES_STRING="proxy,crawler,dht,search,surftips,news";
     
     protected File blacklistRootPath = null;
     protected HashMap cachedUrlHashs = null; 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/plasmaURLPattern.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/plasmaURLPattern.java
index 59ed9b897..4655f028a 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/plasmaURLPattern.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/urlPattern/plasmaURLPattern.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public interface plasmaURLPattern {
     public static final String BLACKLIST_PROXY = "proxy";
     public static final String BLACKLIST_SEARCH = "search";
     public static final String BLACKLIST_SURFTIPS = "surftips";
+    public static final String BLACKLIST_NEWS = "news";
     
     public static final class blacklistFile {
         
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
index 61a06b230..2ab651690 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyNewsPool.java
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ package de.anomic.yacy;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import de.anomic.net.URL;
+import de.anomic.plasma.plasmaSwitchboard;
+import de.anomic.plasma.urlPattern.plasmaURLPattern;
 
 public class yacyNewsPool {
     
@@ -300,6 +305,19 @@ public class yacyNewsPool {
         if (record.category() == null) return;
         if (!(categories.contains(record.category()))) return;
         if (record.created().getTime() == 0) return;
+        Map attributes = record.attributes();
+        if (attributes.containsKey("url")){
+            if(plasmaSwitchboard.urlBlacklist.isListed(plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_NEWS, new URL((String) attributes.get("url")))){
+                System.out.println("DEBUG: ignored news-entry url blacklisted: " + attributes.get("url"));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        if (attributes.containsKey("startURL")){
+            if(plasmaSwitchboard.urlBlacklist.isListed(plasmaURLPattern.BLACKLIST_NEWS, new URL((String) attributes.get("startURL")))){
+                System.out.println("DEBUG: ignored news-entry url blacklisted: " + attributes.get("startURL"));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
         
         // double-check with old news
         if (newsDB.get(record.id()) != null) return;
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 95c1bb35e..81a195561 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ crawler.BlackLists=url.default.black
 dht.BlackLists=url.default.black
 search.BlackLists=url.default.black
 surftips.BlackLists=url.default.black
+news.BlackLists=url.default.black
 
 
 proxyCookieBlackList=cookie.default.black