Wow...no more Newsguy...

[DWHCo]

...and a damn shame too.

IMHO, there wasn't a better value for newsgroup/usenet access.

RIP

[Quade]

There aren't many players left. They've been consolidating down to a couple players and a bunch of resellers who aren't real servers.

[Moondawgie]

And there's the "BREIN Effect."

Usenet Giant Newzbin Shuts Down, BREIN Still Intends to Pursue Operators

[Quade]

There's an interesting story behind that. The real Newzbin was headquartered in the UK and went out some time ago. Maybe 10 years. Someone else grabbed their name and ran a different NZB site. One of the guys who ran original Newzbin commented about this on Reddit.