diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/news/urls.py b/www/conservancy/apps/news/urls.py
index 1b9d8af90f2ed63ddf53568348eedd061352a3f1..55a6f3f01609323e47b79b9d59e5931dbce90254 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/news/urls.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/news/urls.py
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@
 # along with this program in a file in the toplevel directory called
 # "AGPLv3".  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
 from django.conf import settings
 from models import PressRelease, ExternalArticle # relative import
+from views import NewsYearArchiveView, NewsMonthArchiveView, NewsDayArchiveView, NewsDateDetailView
 
 info_dict = {
     'queryset': PressRelease.objects.all().filter(sites__id__exact=settings.SITE_ID),
@@ -30,12 +31,16 @@ external_article_dict = {
     'articles': ExternalArticle.objects.all()
 }
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.date_based',
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', 'object_detail', dict(info_dict, slug_field='slug')),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', 'archive_day', info_dict),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', 'archive_month', info_dict),
-   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', 'archive_year', dict(info_dict,
-                                                make_object_list=True)),
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+#    (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', 'conservancy.apps.news.views.object_detail', info_dict),
+   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', NewsDateDetailView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+#   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', 'conservancy.apps.news.views.archive_day', info_dict),
+   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/(?P<day>\w{1,2})/$', NewsDayArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+#   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', 'conservancy.apps.news.views.archive_month', info_dict),
+   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>[a-z]{3})/$', NewsMonthArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
+#   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', 'conservancy.apps.news.views.archive_year',
+#    dict(info_dict, make_object_list=True)),
+   (r'^(?P<year>\d{4})/$', NewsYearArchiveView.as_view(**info_dict)),
 )
 
 urlpatterns += patterns('',