diff --git a/NEWS.txt b/NEWS.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..184ad93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+  New in JsonCpp 0.6.0:
+  ---------------------
+
+* Compilation
+
+  - LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LIBRARY_PATH environment variables are now propagated to the build
+    environment as this is required for some compiler installation.
+
+  - Added support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (bug #2930462): 
+    The platform "msvc90" has been added.
+
+    Notes: you need to setup the environment by running vcvars32.bat 
+    (e.g. MSVC 2008 command prompt in start menu) before running scons.
+    
+
diff --git a/doc/jsoncpp.dox b/doc/jsoncpp.dox
index 02b18fb..1cde6ff 100644
--- a/doc/jsoncpp.dox
+++ b/doc/jsoncpp.dox
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ http://jsoncpp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/jsoncpp/trunk/</a>
 To checkout the source, see the following 
 <a HREF="http://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=svn&group_id=144446">instructions</a>.
 
+\section _news What's New?
+The description of latest changes can be found in 
+<a HREF="NEWS.txt">NEWS.txt</a> in the top-directory of the project.
+
+Permanent link to the latest revision of the file in subversion: 
+<a HREF="http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/jsoncpp/README.txt?view=markup">latest NEWS.txt</a>
+
 \section _plinks Project links
 - <a HREF="http://jsoncpp.sourceforge.net">json-cpp home</a>
 - <a HREF="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/jsoncpp">json-cpp sourceforge project</a>
diff --git a/doxybuild.py b/doxybuild.py
index 0a2a6c7..0a31aae 100644
--- a/doxybuild.py
+++ b/doxybuild.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def build_doc( options,  make_release=False ):
         tarball_sources = [
             output_dir,
             'README.txt',
+            'NEWS.txt',
             'version'
             ]
         tarball_basedir = os.path.join( output_dir, html_output_dirname )