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 @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
 
-
 @newsItem
-@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
-
-The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
-issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
-Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
-including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released!  @emph{August 26, 2012}
 
-Come
-@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
-LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
-warmly encouraged!
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0.  This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes.  It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
 
 @newsEnd
 
 
 @newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released!  @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released!  @emph{August 24, 2012}
 
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35.  This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
+LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
+highest-quality sheet music possible.  It brings the aesthetics of
+traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
 
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.  Please
-note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
-candidate.
+Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
+main stable version. A few major improvements are: 
 
-@newsEnd
+@itemize
+@item
+Support for kievan square notation
+@item
+User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
+@item
+Music functions have become quite more versatile 
+@end itemize
 
+A full list of new features is given in:
 
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released!  @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting!  LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
+Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
+John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
+Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
+Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
+Jan Warchoł
+
+Programming contributors:
+
+Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
+Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
+Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
+Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
 
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34.  This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+Documentation contributors:
 
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.  Please
-note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
-candidate.
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
+
+Bug squad:
+
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
+
+Support:
+
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada 
 
 @newsEnd
 
+
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