diff --git a/_layouts/announcement.html b/_layouts/announcement.html
index b4546772b63ad47988f6d69c29bf2622d062bfa8..240a7e16dc5c7ef47d1c967af66179b410687d02 100644
--- a/_layouts/announcement.html
+++ b/_layouts/announcement.html
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <div class="announcement">
-  <h2>
+  <h2>{{ page.title }}</h2>
+  <span class="announcement-meta">
     {% if page.date %}
-    <strong class="label label-purple">{{ page.date | date: '%b %e' }}</strong>
+    {{ page.date | date: '%b %e' }}
+    &middot;
     {% endif %}
-    {{ page.title }}
-  </h2>
+    {% assign minutes = content | strip_html | number_of_words | divided_by: 180.0 | round %}
+    {{ minutes }} min read
+  </span>
   {{ content }}
 </div>
diff --git a/_sass/custom/announcement.scss b/_sass/custom/announcement.scss
index 105f194dc1a05916e2776d30f1d2975a82e1f799..c0fd14649dd90216c87f72888a5377d8d0dfb634 100644
--- a/_sass/custom/announcement.scss
+++ b/_sass/custom/announcement.scss
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
   h1, h2 {
     @extend .text-gamma;
   }
+
+  .announcement-meta {
+    @extend .text-epsilon;
+  }
 }