WHILE YOU WERE OUT
Free for businesses

Today's news on your lobby TV or website. Free.

Give customers something worth watching while they wait: the five stories that matter, verified against 2+ news sources, updated at 6 AM and 5 PM CT.

📺 The lobby TV screen

For waiting rooms, barbershops, gyms, clinics, break rooms and front desks. Open this page on any smart TV, streaming stick or computer hooked to a screen and press full screen:

Open the TV screen →

whileyouwereoutnews.com/tv rotates through the latest stories with a clock and a QR code your customers can scan. It refreshes itself, so set it once and leave it on. No sound, no account, no cost.

🧩 The headline widget

Add the latest headlines to your website, intranet or blog. Paste this one line where you want the box to appear:

<script src="https://whileyouwereoutnews.com/widget.js" data-width="420" data-height="330" async></script>

It updates automatically with every edition and links to the full briefing and its sources.

📬 For your team

Share the free daily email with your staff, or have them tap 🔔 Get alerts on our home page. It's a 90-second catch-up at the start and end of the workday.

Want your brand on it?

Local and national sponsors can appear on the screen, the widget, the videos, the podcast and the email. See Advertise or email [email protected].

Fine print: free to use for display in your business or on your site. Please don't change or remove our branding or sources. Our narrated videos use an AI anchor, Max Morrow, and say so on screen.