hehe...I've had people tell me I should put up advertising. I refuse out of principle.
I don't want hokey, lame-ass guild sites like those on GuildPortal, even if they are free, and maybe should provide me with more money short-term. I want only quality sites, and the best way I can regulate that from my position of "give you everything" is to make sure that advertising isn't a part of that.
/cheer
About the news thing... you can select the level of the news posting for the news letter, why not just add that function to the NEWS section. BTW, the newsletting thing screwed me up because it defaulted to the top level as opposed to the lower level.