What this is
News curation and publishing apps build on the bg_news_links table and bg_submit_news() function — a lighter-weight content type than video or audio, focused on link curation and categorization rather than file upload and storage.
How it works
bg_submit_news($userId, $title, $url, $category) is deliberately simple compared to the media upload functions — no file handling, just structured metadata around an external link — making news apps one of the more approachable content types to start building against.
Holding BOT for this path
Same content-category BOT holding requirement — the lighter technical footprint of news submission doesn't change the developer access model, just the complexity of what you're building on top of it.
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