I know it's not a secret site, but my reading consists of paid subscriptions:
- NY Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Hacker News for tech related news
A lot of people are against paying for news - they feel it is free elsewhere or they can google the title of the article.
For me I noticed that reading the NYTimes and Wall Street Journal provides me curated news with the in-depth high quality coverage I like and leaves me feeling informed.
I avoid reddit as I find myself spending a lot of time on it, similar to facebook.
Newsletters like http://allthesmallthings.co/ is great has also given me some info on design which I find interesting.