diff --git a/newsbox/__init__.py b/newsbox/__init__.py
index 804709a8084bcf0174ab6ed7e1ddd321e1c05543..855b6f721198c07136def7b6e20d14e4e59f81b3 100644
--- a/newsbox/__init__.py
+++ b/newsbox/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '0.6.9'
+__version__ = '0.6.10'
diff --git a/newsbox/admin.py b/newsbox/admin.py
index 870b22d2e5287bab97dd7db1130de509ec68f25a..6de7a19855e4b4f8864742ed0b9ba2be60850aa0 100644
--- a/newsbox/admin.py
+++ b/newsbox/admin.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class NewsboxBaseAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
         obj.save()
         log_msg = _('publication status changed from %(old)s to %(new)s') % {
             'old': old_status,
-            'new_status': obj.newsbox_status,
+            'new': obj.newsbox_status,
         }
         if obj.newsbox_status == obj.STATUS_PUBLISHED:
             msg = _('The %(objtype)s "%(objtitle)s" has been successfully published')
diff --git a/newsbox/models.py b/newsbox/models.py
index 132000a34f1cac18f8dbbb7823a1a6845083595f..9ff9822400e42cfd0e3364ad8beb76c26b3950ef 100644
--- a/newsbox/models.py
+++ b/newsbox/models.py
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+# "Future imports"
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+# "Standard libs"
 import sys
-from datetime import datetime
+from warnings import warn
 
+# "Django imports"
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.db import models
-from django.utils.timezone import now
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
-from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 mark_safe_lazy = lazy(mark_safe, six.text_type)
 newsbox_models = []
@@ -292,6 +295,20 @@ class NewsboxBase(six.with_metaclass(NewsboxModelBase, models.Model)):
     def __str__(self):
         return six.text_type(self.newsbox_title)
 
+    @property
+    def newsbox_published(self):
+        warn(('newsbox_published field is deprecated in favor of newsbox_status. '
+              'Please upgrade your code.'),
+             DeprecationWarning)
+        return self.is_published
+
+    @newsbox_published.setter
+    def newsbox_published(self, val):
+        warn(('newsbox_published field is deprecated in favor of newsbox_status. '
+              'Please upgrade your code.'),
+             DeprecationWarning)
+        self.newsbox_status = self.STATUS_PUBLISHED
+
     @property
     def is_published(self):
         if self.newsbox_status != self.STATUS_PUBLISHED: