I didn't know about it, but you're absolutely right. Newsbeuter has a notice on their README file to that effect and they recommend newsboat[1].

Newsbeuter works fine for me for now, but it's good knowing that. I'm glad I saved your comment in the morning so I could reply later at work :D

[1] https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/blob/master/README....