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These models often have valuable general knowledge thanks to their training on large datasets. Through fine-tuning or prompt-based adaptation, this knowledge can be applied to specific tasks. In this work, we propose a modular approach to automated news generation using Large Language Models, composed of an information retrieval module and a text generation module. The proposed system leverages both publicly available (open-weight) and proprietary Large Language Models, enabling a comparative evaluation of their behavior within the proposed news generation pipeline. We describe the experiments carried out with a total of five representative Large Language Models spanning both categories, detailing their configurations and performance. 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