A news
From Computer History Wiki
A news was the first Netnews program, the direct forerunner of those which the modern NNTP protocol. From what I can find, it was released on 06/24/1980 in a UseNIX conference at Duke University.
A news relied on Unix System 7's messaging functions and UUCP to create a global news network.
download
I've managed to find the source to a news here.
running
Right now I haven't tried running it.
A news was later supplanted by B News.