diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.contribution.ts
index c581ac0..f11c0f0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.contribution.ts
@@ -319,2 +319,8 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 		},
+		'workbench.welcomePage.extraAnnouncements': {
+			scope: ConfigurationScope.MACHINE,
+			type: 'boolean',
+			default: true,
+			description: localize('workbench.welcomePage.extraAnnouncements', "When enabled, the get started page loads additional announcements from VSCodium's repository.")
+		},
 		'workbench.startupEditor': {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts
index 664c55b..43f9e2e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/welcomeGettingStarted/browser/gettingStarted.ts
@@ -113,4 +113,8 @@ type GettingStartedActionEvent = {
 type RecentEntry = (IRecentFolder | IRecentWorkspace) & { id: string };
+type AnnouncementEntry = { id: string, title: string, url: string };
 
 const REDUCED_MOTION_KEY = 'workbench.welcomePage.preferReducedMotion';
+
+const BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS: AnnouncementEntry[] = [/* BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS */];
+
 export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
@@ -149,2 +153,4 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 	private gettingStartedList?: GettingStartedIndexList<IResolvedWalkthrough>;
+	private announcementList?: GettingStartedIndexList<AnnouncementEntry>;
+	private announcementData?: AnnouncementEntry[];
 
@@ -812,2 +818,3 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 		const gettingStartedList = this.buildGettingStartedWalkthroughsList();
+		const announcementList = await this.buildAnnouncementList();
 
@@ -822,3 +829,3 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 				this.container.classList.remove('noWalkthroughs');
-				reset(rightColumn, gettingStartedList.getDomElement());
+				reset(rightColumn, gettingStartedList.getDomElement(), announcementList.getDomElement());
 			}
@@ -826,3 +833,3 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 				this.container.classList.add('noWalkthroughs');
-				reset(rightColumn);
+				reset(rightColumn, announcementList.getDomElement());
 			}
@@ -978,2 +985,55 @@ export class GettingStartedPage extends EditorPane {
 
+	private async buildAnnouncementList(): Promise<GettingStartedIndexList<AnnouncementEntry>> {
+		const renderAnnouncement = (announcement: AnnouncementEntry) => {
+			const { title, url } = announcement;
+			const li = $('li');
+
+			const anchor: HTMLLinkElement = $('a');
+			anchor.href = url;
+			anchor.innerText = title;
+			anchor.target = '_blank';
+			li.appendChild(anchor);
+
+			return li;
+		};
+
+		if (this.announcementList) { this.announcementList.dispose(); }
+
+		const announcementList = this.announcementList = new GettingStartedIndexList({
+			title: localize('announcements', "VSCodium Announcements"),
+			klass: 'announcements',
+			limit: 5,
+			empty: $('.empty-recent', {}, localize('noAnnouncements', "There are no current announcements.")),
+			renderElement: renderAnnouncement,
+			contextService: this.contextService
+		});
+
+		if (!this.announcementData) {
+			const showExtras = this.configurationService.getValue<boolean>('workbench.welcomePage.extraAnnouncements');
+
+			if (showExtras) {
+				const branch = this.productService.quality === 'insider' ? 'insider' : 'master';
+				await fetch(`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VSCodium/vscodium/${branch}/announcements-extra.json`)
+					.then(async res => {
+						if (res.ok) {
+							var extraAnnouncements = await res.json() as AnnouncementEntry[];
+
+							this.announcementData = [...extraAnnouncements, ...BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS];
+						} else {
+							this.announcementData = BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS;
+						}
+					})
+					.catch(err => {
+						this.announcementData = BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS;
+					});
+			} else {
+				this.announcementData = BUILTIN_ANNOUNCEMENTS;
+			}
+		}
+
+		announcementList.setEntries(this.announcementData);
+
+		return announcementList;
+	}
+
 	private buildStartList(): GettingStartedIndexList<IWelcomePageStartEntry> {
