diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py b/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
index ef916360c52441d1b4557b3a3ff739b3d2015cef..b4e7257afe271d9d4f7d7444519939235b878475 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from builtins import object
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
 from conservancy import bsoup
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
 
     date_last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 
-    class Meta:
+    class Meta(object):
         ordering = ("-pub_date",)
         get_latest_by = "pub_date"