diff --git a/conservancy/news/models.py b/conservancy/news/models.py
index 401ef79ecc3144053674fad3c8301e28161c8c27..7ff3c49b68892e28a1f9ffae5b3268c6efb5dcc4 100644
--- a/conservancy/news/models.py
+++ b/conservancy/news/models.py
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
         return self.headline
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return "/news/{}/{}/".format(self.pub_date.strftime("%Y/%b/%d").lower(),
-                                  self.slug)
+        return "/news/{}/{}/".format(
+            self.pub_date.strftime("%Y/%b/%d").lower(),
+            self.slug,
+        )
 
     def is_recent(self):
         return self.pub_date > (datetime.now() - timedelta(days=5))
@@ -60,11 +62,11 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
 
         # Ping Technorati
         j = xmlrpc.client.Server('http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping')
-        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url)
+        j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url)
 
         # Ping Google Blog Search
         j = xmlrpc.client.Server('http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2')
-        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url, post_url)
+        j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url, post_url)
 
         # Call any superclass's method
         super().save()