diff --git a/ShareX/Controls/NewsListControl.cs b/ShareX/Controls/NewsListControl.cs
index 764d27508..ee2cb7230 100644
--- a/ShareX/Controls/NewsListControl.cs
+++ b/ShareX/Controls/NewsListControl.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ namespace ShareX
 {
     public partial class NewsListControl : UserControl
     {
-        private NewsManager newsManager;
+        public NewsManager NewsManager { get; private set; }
+
         private ToolTip tooltip;
 
         public NewsListControl()
@@ -56,14 +57,16 @@ public NewsListControl()
 
             TaskEx.Run(() =>
             {
-                newsManager = new NewsManager();
-                newsManager.UpdateNews();
+                NewsManager = new NewsManager();
+                NewsManager.LastReadDate = Program.Settings.NewsLastReadDate;
+                NewsManager.UpdateNews();
+                NewsManager.UpdateUnread();
             },
             () =>
             {
-                if (newsManager != null && newsManager.NewsItems != null)
+                if (NewsManager != null && NewsManager.NewsItems != null)
                 {
-                    foreach (NewsItem item in newsManager.NewsItems)
+                    foreach (NewsItem item in NewsManager.NewsItems)
                     {
                         if (item != null)
                         {
@@ -74,6 +77,15 @@ public NewsListControl()
             });
         }
 
+        public void MarkRead()
+        {
+            if (NewsManager != null && NewsManager.NewsItems != null && NewsManager.NewsItems.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Program.Settings.NewsLastReadDate = NewsManager.LastReadDate = NewsManager.NewsItems.OrderByDescending(x => x.DateTime).First().DateTime;
+                NewsManager.UpdateUnread();
+            }
+        }
+
         private void TlpMain_Layout(object sender, LayoutEventArgs e)
         {
             TaskEx.RunDelayed(() =>
@@ -107,7 +119,8 @@ private void TlpMain_CellPaint(object sender, TableLayoutCellPaintEventArgs e)
                 e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush, e.CellBounds);
             }
 
-            if (newsManager.NewsItems.IsValidIndex(e.Row) && newsManager.NewsItems[e.Row].IsUnread(newsManager.LastReadDate) && e.Column == 0)
+            if (NewsManager != null && NewsManager.NewsItems != null & NewsManager.NewsItems.IsValidIndex(e.Row) &&
+                NewsManager.NewsItems[e.Row].IsUnread && e.Column == 0)
             {
                 e.Graphics.FillRectangle(Brushes.LimeGreen, new Rectangle(e.CellBounds.X, e.CellBounds.Y, 5, e.CellBounds.Height));
             }
diff --git a/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs b/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
index 7bec4254c..fd9879159 100644
--- a/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
+++ b/ShareX/Forms/MainForm.cs
@@ -927,6 +927,12 @@ private void RunPuushTasks()
             }
         }
 
+        private void HideNews()
+        {
+            pNews.Visible = false;
+            ucNews.MarkRead();
+        }
+
         private void PrepareCaptureMenuAsync(ToolStripMenuItem tsmiWindow, EventHandler handlerWindow, ToolStripMenuItem tsmiMonitor, EventHandler handlerMonitor)
         {
             tsmiWindow.DropDownItems.Clear();
@@ -1266,7 +1272,7 @@ private void pbPatreonHide_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         private void btnCloseNews_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            pNews.Visible = false;
+            HideNews();
         }
 
         #region Menu events
@@ -1553,7 +1559,14 @@ private void tsmiTestURLSharing_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 
         private void tsbNews_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            pNews.Visible = !pNews.Visible;
+            if (!pNews.Visible)
+            {
+                pNews.Visible = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                HideNews();
+            }
         }
 
         private void tsbDonate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/ShareX/NewsItem.cs b/ShareX/NewsItem.cs
index f2ba59d83..25df1022e 100644
--- a/ShareX/NewsItem.cs
+++ b/ShareX/NewsItem.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ public class NewsItem
         public string Text { get; set; }
         public string URL { get; set; }
 
-        public bool IsUnread(DateTime lastReadDate)
-        {
-            return DateTime > lastReadDate;
-        }
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public bool IsUnread { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/ShareX/NewsManager.cs b/ShareX/NewsManager.cs
index 752479e0e..54b8e6397 100644
--- a/ShareX/NewsManager.cs
+++ b/ShareX/NewsManager.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class NewsManager
     {
         public List<NewsItem> NewsItems { get; private set; } = new List<NewsItem>();
         public DateTime LastReadDate { get; set; }
-        public bool IsUnread => NewsItems != null && NewsItems.Any(x => x.IsUnread(LastReadDate));
+        public bool IsUnread => NewsItems != null && NewsItems.Any(x => x.IsUnread);
 
         public void UpdateNews()
         {
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ public void UpdateNews()
             }
         }
 
+        public void UpdateUnread()
+        {
+            if (NewsItems != null)
+            {
+                foreach (NewsItem newsItem in NewsItems)
+                {
+                    newsItem.IsUnread = newsItem.DateTime > LastReadDate;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private List<NewsItem> GetNews()
         {
             using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())