WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

news reader
    n 1: someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn:
         newsreader, news reader]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

news reader

    A browser program which enables a user to read
   articles posted to Usenet.  Articles may be stored in a
   local (or NFS-mounted) spool directory, or retrieved via
   NNTP.

   Examples are rn, GNUS, and nn.

   (1996-04-09)