diff --git a/code/controllers/Processes/news.dm b/code/controllers/Processes/news.dm
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+/datum/controller/process/news/setup()
+    name = "news"
+    schedule_interval = 600 // every 60 seconds
+
+    if(!news_controller)
+        news_controller = new
+
+/datum/controller/process/news/doWork()
+    news_controller.process()
+
+/datum/controller/process/news/getStatName()
+    return ..()+"(STAT:[news_controller.running] FLS:[news_controller.fails])"
diff --git a/code/controllers/news_controller.dm b/code/controllers/news_controller.dm
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+var/global/datum/news_controller/news_controller
+
+/datum/news_controller
+    var/count = 0       //Count of articles pulled and published
+    var/publish_time    //Ingame time for when the stored article is to be published
+    var/article_id      //Stored article's primary-key
+    var/running = 1     //Boolean value, self-explanitory
+    var/fails = 0       //Counter for failed queries
+    var/max_fails = 5   //Maximum amount of failures before the controller is killed
+
+/datum/news_controller/proc/process()
+    if(!running)                        //Not running, return.
+        return
+
+    if(fails >= max_fails)              //Too many failures, killing.
+        kill()
+        return
+
+    if(!article_id && !publish_time)    //No entry stored. Update and get one.
+        update()
+        return
+
+    if(publish_time < world.time)       //Time to publish the article.
+        publish()
+        if(fails)
+            fails = 0
+
+//Stores a new article for publishing.
+/datum/news_controller/proc/update()
+    establish_db_connection()
+    if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
+        error("SQL database connection failed. News_controller failed to retreive information.")
+        fails++
+        return
+
+    var/DBQuery/update_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT id, publishtime FROM ss13_news WHERE status = 2 ORDER BY publishtime ASC LIMIT [count],1")
+    update_query.Execute()
+
+    if(update_query.ErrorMsg())
+        fails++
+        return
+
+    if(!update_query.RowCount())
+        kill()
+        return
+
+    while(update_query.NextRow())
+        article_id = text2num(update_query.item[1])
+        publish_time = text2num(update_query.item[2]) * 600
+
+    count++
+
+//Publish the stored article.
+/datum/news_controller/proc/publish()
+    establish_db_connection()
+    if(!dbcon.IsConnected())
+        error("SQL database connection failed. News_controller failed to retreive information.")
+        fails++
+        return
+
+    var/DBQuery/publish_query = dbcon.NewQuery("SELECT channel, author, body FROM ss13_news WHERE id=[article_id]")
+    publish_query.Execute()
+
+    var/article_channel
+    var/article_author
+    var/article_content
+    while(publish_query.NextRow())
+        article_channel = publish_query.item[1]
+        article_author = publish_query.item[2]
+        article_content = publish_query.item[3]
+
+    var/channel_found
+    for(var/datum/feed_channel/FC in news_network.network_channels)
+        if(FC.channel_name == article_channel)
+            channel_found = 1
+            break
+
+    if(!channel_found)
+        news_network.CreateFeedChannel(article_channel, article_author, 0)
+
+    news_network.SubmitArticle(article_content, article_author, article_channel)
+
+    article_id = null
+    publish_time = null
+    update()
+
+//Kills the controller.
+/datum/news_controller/proc/kill()
+    running = 0
+    return