diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py b/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
index c516a86e6c941aaaa60f2bc5f907596648866b29..64d31d63eacf002e59252d48811b1dd6d9ba6145 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/news/models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from builtins import object
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
 from conservancy import bsoup
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
 
     date_last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 
-    class Meta(object):
+    class Meta:
         ordering = ("-pub_date",)
         get_latest_by = "pub_date"
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
         return self.headline
 
     def get_absolute_url(self):
-        return u"/news/%s/%s/" % (self.pub_date.strftime("%Y/%b/%d").lower(),
+        return "/news/{}/{}/".format(self.pub_date.strftime("%Y/%b/%d").lower(),
                                   self.slug)
 
     def is_recent(self):
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
 
     def save(self):
         if settings.CONSERVANCY_DEVEL or True:
-            super(PressRelease, self).save()
+            super().save()
             return
 
         blog_name = 'Software Freedom Conservancy News'
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ class PressRelease(models.Model, bsoup.SoupModelMixin):
         reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url, post_url)
 
         # Call any superclass's method
-        super(PressRelease, self).save()
+        super().save()
 
 class ExternalArticleTag(models.Model):
     """A way to tag external articles"""
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ class ExternalArticleTag(models.Model):
 
 class PublicExternalArticleManager(models.Manager):
     def get_queryset(self):
-        return super(PublicExternalArticleManager, self).get_queryset().filter(visible=True)
+        return super().get_queryset().filter(visible=True)
 
 class ExternalArticle(models.Model):
     """A system for displaying Conservancy news mentions on the site.
@@ -103,12 +102,12 @@ class ExternalArticle(models.Model):
 
     date_created = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True)
 
-    class Meta(object):
+    class Meta:
         ordering = ("-date_created",)
         get_latest_by = "date_created"
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return u"%s (%s)" % (self.title, self.publication)
+        return "{} ({})".format(self.title, self.publication)
 
     objects = models.Manager()
     public = PublicExternalArticleManager()