diff --git a/docs/News.md b/docs/News.md
index 815069e1e0e..d25e5f89724 100644
--- a/docs/News.md
+++ b/docs/News.md
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
+# What's New
+
+_[See the complete news archive](https://www.cbioportal.org/news)_
+
+---
+
 ## November 15, 2025
 * **Data Improvement**: The default transcripts for each gene were updated to align better with OncoKB, prioritizing clinically relevant and MANE transcripts ([Morales et al. 2022](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04558-8)). Also Ensembl's subversions are now included for each transcript.
 
-    | Gene | Old transcript | New transcript |
-    |------|---------------|----------------|
-    | **ATXN7** | ENST00000295900 | ENST00000398590.3 |
-    | **CCNQ (FAM58A)** | ENST00000576892 | ENST00000406277.2 |
-    | **CDKN2A** | ENST00000304494 | ENST00000579755.1 |
-    | **CRLF2** | ENST00000381566 | ENST00000400841.2 |
-    | **GAB1** | ENST00000262994 | ENST00000262995.4 |
-    | **KBTBD4** | ENST00000395288 | ENST00000430070.2 |
-    | **MUTYH** | ENST00000372115 | ENST00000450313.1 |
-    | **NADK** | ENST00000341426 | ENST00000378625.1 |
-    | **PAX8** | ENST00000263334 | ENST00000429538.3 |
-    | **PGBD5** | ENST00000525115 | ENST00000391860.1 |
-    | **RBM10** | ENST00000329236 | ENST00000377604.3 |
+| Gene | Old transcript | New transcript |
+|------|---------------|----------------|
+| **ATXN7** | ENST00000295900 | ENST00000398590.3 |
+| **CCNQ (FAM58A)** | ENST00000576892 | ENST00000406277.2 |
+| **CDKN2A** | ENST00000304494 | ENST00000579755.1 |
+| **CRLF2** | ENST00000381566 | ENST00000400841.2 |
+| **GAB1** | ENST00000262994 | ENST00000262995.4 |
+| **KBTBD4** | ENST00000395288 | ENST00000430070.2 |
+| **MUTYH** | ENST00000372115 | ENST00000450313.1 |
+| **NADK** | ENST00000341426 | ENST00000378625.1 |
+| **PAX8** | ENST00000263334 | ENST00000429538.3 |
+| **PGBD5** | ENST00000525115 | ENST00000391860.1 |
+| **RBM10** | ENST00000329236 | ENST00000377604.3 |
 
 
 ## November 7, 2025
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cbioportal/legacy/service/FrontendPropertiesServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/cbioportal/legacy/service/FrontendPropertiesServiceImpl.java
index 73d390cc773..6651882b4f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cbioportal/legacy/service/FrontendPropertiesServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cbioportal/legacy/service/FrontendPropertiesServiceImpl.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public enum FrontendProperty {
     skin_right_nav_show_testimonials("skin.right_nav.show_testimonials", null),
     skin_right_nav_show_whats_new("skin.right_nav.show_whats_new", null),
     skin_right_nav_show_twitter("skin.right_nav.show_twitter", null),
+    skin_right_nav_show_bluesky("skin.right_nav.show_bluesky", null),
     skin_right_nav_whats_new_blurb("skin.right_nav.whats_new_blurb", null),
     skin_show_about_tab("skin.show_about_tab", null),
     skin_show_data_tab("skin.show_data_tab", null),
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties.EXAMPLE b/src/main/resources/application.properties.EXAMPLE
index 4ea6d74e6e0..41556bcb91b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties.EXAMPLE
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties.EXAMPLE
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ skin.show_about_tab=true
 # skin.show_donate_button=true
 
 # settings controlling the whats new blurb
-skin.right_nav.whats_new_blurb=<p> &bull;<a href="news.jsp"> <b>New data and features released</b></a><br/> &bull;<a href="tools.jsp"> <b>New tools released</b></a> </p> <form action="https://groups.google.com/group/cbioportal-news/boxsubscribe"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Sign up for low-volume email news alerts:</b></br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" name="email"> <input type="submit" name="sub" value="Subscribe"> </form> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Or follow us <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cbioportal"><i>@cbioportal</i></a> on Twitter</b>
+skin.right_nav.whats_new_blurb=<p> &bull;<a href="news.jsp"> <b>New data and features released</b></a><br/> &bull;<a href="tools.jsp"> <b>New tools released</b></a> </p> <form action="https://groups.google.com/group/cbioportal-news/boxsubscribe"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Sign up for low-volume email news alerts:</b><br/> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" name="email"> <input type="submit" name="sub" value="Subscribe"> </form> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Or follow us on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/cbioportal"><i>Twitter</i></a> or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cbioportal.bsky.social"><i>Bluesky</i></a></b>
 
 # setting controlling the blurb
 skin.blurb=The cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics provides <b>visualization</b>, <b>analysis</b> and <b>download</b> of large-scale cancer genomics data sets.  <p>Please adhere to <u><a href="http://cancergenome.nih.gov/abouttcga/policies/publicationguidelines"> the TCGA publication guidelines</a></u> when using TCGA data in your publications.</p> <p><b>Please cite</b> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23550210">Gao et al. <i>Sci. Signal.</i> 2013</a> &amp;  <a href="http://cancerdiscovery.aacrjournals.org/content/2/5/401.abstract">Cerami et al. <i>Cancer Discov.</i> 2012</a> when publishing results based on cBioPortal.</p>
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ skin.right_nav.show_examples=true
 skin.right_nav.show_testimonials=true
 skin.right_nav.show_whats_new=true
 #skin.right_nav.show_twitter=false
+#skin.right_nav.show_bluesky=false
 
 # settings controlling what to show in the right navigation bar
 skin.study_view.link_text=To build your own case set, try out our enhanced Study View.
diff --git a/src/main/resources/webapp/config_service.jsp b/src/main/resources/webapp/config_service.jsp
index 72614eed332..e299b827085 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/webapp/config_service.jsp
+++ b/src/main/resources/webapp/config_service.jsp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
             "skin.right_nav.show_testimonials",
             "skin.right_nav.show_whats_new",
             "skin.right_nav.show_twitter",
+            "skin.right_nav.show_bluesky",
             "skin.right_nav.whats_new_blurb",
             "skin.right_nav.show_web_tours",
             "skin.show_about_tab",