Yeah, it takes a while for Apple News to approve that first article, but once it's approved, the rest will automatically be published. It was interesting since it took a couple weeks to get approved in Apple News and then another full week once the first article was sent over.

I will say Apple News format is way way way easier to deal with than Google's AMP which is turning into a nightmare for many news publishers. Thankfully Apple understands customer service way better than the Big G ever will.

The Apple News plugin takes all the work out and makes for a much easier user experience. It will be interesting to see how long most people have to wait for the published article approval process as I'm sure Apple has been inundated the past week.