NetNewsWire is simple and elegant. It supports all of the features you'd expect with a newsreader and supports them well -- it runs quickly with nary a crash or odd behavior.

On top of the basic features, it has a built-in drawer with a wealth of suggested sites and the ability to browse subscription lists from those around you (provided they use NetNewsWire and opt to make their lists shared).

NNW can also use your .Mac account (or several other server types) to keep multiple copies of NetNewsWire in sync. Got a laptop and a home system? No worries! NetNewsWire can push your list of weblogs and "read" status when shutting down and retrieve the status when starting up. It only takes a few seconds and keeps you from missing interesting news in one place or another.

More fun still, NNW can automatically download podcasts and insert the contents in iTunes. This is great for hybrid blog/podcast feeds where you'd miss the non-audio content with iTunes subscriptions. And by having files added as standard audio files instead of residing in the iTunes podcast manager, you can still create smart playlists to listen to several podcasts without having to manually start each one.