[cesarb]

> Users aren't going to be dreaming up (choosing a recent article at random) URIs like <long url> in order to get there without some referring party.

What about bookmarks? I don't think clicking on a bookmark on your browser is going to send any Referer header.

[randomdata]

If that case is beyond "who cares?", which I suspect is not, once the user is granted access to the news the first time then they can be given subsequent access regardless of referrer.