diff --git a/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp b/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp
index 7eff657b..137703d1 100644
--- a/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp
+++ b/launcher/news/NewsEntry.cpp
@@ -24,18 +24,14 @@ NewsEntry::NewsEntry(QObject* parent) :
     this->title = tr("Untitled");
     this->content = tr("No content.");
     this->link = "";
-    this->author = tr("Unknown Author");
-    this->pubDate = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 }
 
-NewsEntry::NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, const QString& author, const QDateTime& pubDate, QObject* parent) :
+NewsEntry::NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, QObject* parent) :
     QObject(parent)
 {
     this->title = title;
     this->content = content;
     this->link = link;
-    this->author = author;
-    this->pubDate = pubDate;
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -59,19 +55,11 @@ bool NewsEntry::fromXmlElement(const QDomElement& element, NewsEntry* entry, QSt
 {
     QString title = childValue(element, "title", tr("Untitled"));
     QString content = childValue(element, "description", tr("No content."));
-    QString link = childValue(element, "link");
-    QString author = childValue(element, "dc:creator", tr("Unknown Author"));
-    QString pubDateStr = childValue(element, "pubDate");
-
-    // FIXME: For now, we're just ignoring timezones. We assume that all time zones in the RSS feed are the same.
-    QString dateFormat("ddd, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss");
-    QDateTime pubDate = QDateTime::fromString(pubDateStr, dateFormat);
+    QString link = childValue(element, "id");
 
     entry->title = title;
     entry->content = content;
     entry->link = link;
-    entry->author = author;
-    entry->pubDate = pubDate;
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h b/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h
index 0dbc70a5..1fe95623 100644
--- a/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h
+++ b/launcher/news/NewsEntry.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QDomElement>
-#include <QDateTime>
-
 #include <memory>
 
 class NewsEntry : public QObject
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ public:
      * Constructs a new news entry.
      * Note that content may contain HTML.
      */
-    NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, const QString& author, const QDateTime& pubDate, QObject* parent=0);
+    NewsEntry(const QString& title, const QString& content, const QString& link, QObject* parent=0);
 
     /*!
      * Attempts to load information from the given XML element into the given news entry pointer.
@@ -53,12 +51,6 @@ public:
 
     //! URL to the post.
     QString link;
-
-    //! The post's author.
-    QString author;
-    
-    //! The date and time that this post was published.
-    QDateTime pubDate;
 };
 
 typedef std::shared_ptr<NewsEntry> NewsEntryPtr;