# Press Release Intelligence Scraper (`lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper`) Actor Multi-source press release monitor for PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire-style RSS feeds, and direct release URLs. Extracts entities, tickers, event types, contacts, signals, and dedupes releases for PR, sales, and investor intelligence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ian Dikhtiar](https://apify.com/lokki) (community) - **Categories:** News, SEO tools, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $4.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Press Release Intelligence Scraper — PR Newswire & GlobeNewswire Leads Turn fresh press releases into sales, investor, PR, and competitive-intelligence signals. This Actor monitors press releases from PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, paginated newswire listing pages, RSS feeds, and direct release URLs. Instead of dumping raw headlines, it returns clean, spreadsheet-ready rows with company names, event labels, tickers, contact details, body text, signal scores, and source links. ### Why use this Actor? Press releases are one of the fastest public signals for: - **M&A and divestitures** — catch acquisitions, sales, mergers, and strategic transactions. - **Funding and growth signals** — find companies announcing financing, expansion, partnerships, and launches. - **B2B sales triggers** — build warm outreach lists from companies announcing new budgets, products, contracts, or executive moves. - **Investor monitoring** — track public-company announcements by source, topic, ticker, and date. - **PR and comms intelligence** — monitor competitor announcements and media contact details. - **AI/news pipelines** — feed clean press-release rows into agents, CRMs, dashboards, Sheets, or vector workflows. ### What you get Each result can include: - Press release title, summary, URL, source, and publication date - Company / issuer name - Business event labels such as `merger_acquisition`, `funding`, `earnings`, `partnership`, `product_launch`, `executive_hire`, `customer_win`, and `expansion` - Stock tickers when visible in the release - Media / investor-relations emails and phone numbers when visible in the release - Signal score for prioritization - Matched keywords for alert workflows - Full release body text and visible media / investor contact details ### Bulk collection, not just 20 RSS rows Many newswire RSS feeds expose only the latest ~20 releases. This Actor can go deeper by using paginated listing pages. Example: PR Newswire listing pages can be expanded with `maxPagesPerSource`, letting you collect hundreds of releases in one run. A tested cloud run produced **300 rows** from paginated PR Newswire listings. The Actor uses one enriched workflow and one pricing model. ### Best use cases #### Sales teams Find companies that just announced funding, partnerships, product launches, acquisitions, contracts, or leadership changes. Use the release as outreach context while the event is still fresh. #### Investors and analysts Monitor public-company announcements and classify events into actionable buckets instead of reading a wall of headlines. #### PR agencies and brand teams Track competitors, clients, industries, and campaigns across major wire services. #### Automation builders Send rows to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Airtable, n8n, Zapier, Notion, Slack alerts, or AI agents via the Apify API. ### Example input Start with the built-in PR Newswire + GlobeNewswire sources: ```json { "queries": ["acquisition"], "maxReleases": 100 } ```` Collect up to 300 recent releases from paginated PR Newswire pages: ```json { "queries": [], "maxReleases": 300, "sinceHours": 720, "maxPagesPerSource": 15 } ``` Monitor acquisitions from a GlobeNewswire M\&A feed: ```json { "sources": [ "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/subjectcode/27-Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions" ], "queries": ["acquisition"], "maxReleases": 100 } ``` ### Input options | Field | What it does | |---|---| | `queries` | Keywords, companies, tickers, or topics to match. Leave empty to collect everything. | | `sources` | Optional. Leave blank to use built-in PR Newswire + GlobeNewswire sources. Add URLs only for specific feeds, listing pages, or direct release URLs. | | `maxReleases` | Maximum number of dataset rows to return. | | `sinceHours` | Freshness window. Use `720` for roughly 30 days. | | `maxPagesPerSource` | Number of PR Newswire listing pages or GlobeNewswire RSS directory feeds to expand. | | `classifyEvents` | Add business-event labels. | | `extractContacts` | Extract visible media / IR emails and phone numbers. | ### Example output ```json { "sourceName": "GlobeNewswire", "title": "Nexans completes the sale of Autoelectric to Motherson", "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/...", "publishedAt": "2026-07-03T13:05:05.000Z", "companyName": "Nexans", "eventTypes": ["merger_acquisition"], "signalScore": 100, "contacts": { "emails": ["audrey.bourgeois@nexans.com"], "phones": [] }, "intelligence": { "hasContact": true, "isHighSignal": true, "matchedQueries": [] } } ``` ### Cost and pricing One Actor. One workflow. One pricing model. Every run collects releases, fetches detail pages when available, extracts business signals, and returns enriched dataset rows. Use `maxReleases`, `sinceHours`, and `maxPagesPerSource` to control run size and cost. ### Current sources - PR Newswire RSS and paginated listing pages - GlobeNewswire RSS feeds and RSS directory expansion - Direct PR Newswire / GlobeNewswire release URLs - Custom RSS/XML feeds and compatible listing pages ### Limitations - RSS feeds may expose only the latest ~20 releases; use paginated listing pages for bulk collection. - Business Wire, Accesswire, EIN Presswire, and PRWeb adapters are planned but not yet fully tested. - Event classification and signal scoring are rules-based. They are optimized for speed and cost, not legal/investment-grade interpretation. - Contact extraction only returns information visible in the release text. - Source websites can change structure; use small scheduled checks for critical workflows. ### Common workflows - Daily acquisition tracker - Funding announcement lead list - Public-company announcement monitor - Competitor launch tracker - PR campaign archive - Press release feed for AI agents or dashboards ### Support If a source changes or you need another wire service added, open an issue or contact the Actor maintainer with the source URL and example output you need. # Actor input Schema ## `queries` (type: `array`): Optional filter terms. Matching is applied against title, summary, body, companies, tickers, and event labels. ## `sources` (type: `array`): Optional. Leave blank to use the built-in PR Newswire + GlobeNewswire source set. Add URLs only when you want to monitor specific feeds, listing pages, RSS/XML feeds, or direct press release URLs. ## `maxReleases` (type: `integer`): Hard cap on pushed release rows. ## `sinceHours` (type: `integer`): Only keep releases newer than this window when a published date is available. Set 0 to disable. ## `dedupeMode` (type: `string`): How duplicate releases are suppressed. ## `classifyEvents` (type: `boolean`): Adds event labels such as funding, M\&A, earnings, partnership, product launch, executive hire, legal/compliance, and customer win. ## `extractContacts` (type: `boolean`): Extract visible emails, phone numbers, and contact names from releases. ## `maxPagesPerSource` (type: `integer`): For PR Newswire listing URLs, paginate ?page=1..N. For GlobeNewswire RSS directory, use up to N RSS feeds. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional Apify proxy configuration. Usually not needed for RSS-first runs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "queries": [ "acquisition", "funding", "AI", "NASDAQ:AAPL" ], "sources": [ "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/financial-services-latest-news/acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-technology-latest-news/business-technology-latest-news-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-latest-news/health-latest-news-list/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/orgclass/1/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20News%20about%20Public%20Companies", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/subjectcode/27-Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions", "https://www.globenewswire.com/rss/list" ], "maxReleases": 100, "sinceHours": 168, "dedupeMode": "url_title_hash", "classifyEvents": true, "extractContacts": true, "maxPagesPerSource": 15, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `pressReleaseIntelligence` (type: `string`): Dataset items containing releases, event labels, signal score, contacts, source URL, and optional full text. ## `pressReleaseIntelligenceCsv` (type: `string`): CSV export of the default dataset for spreadsheet and CRM workflows. ## `runSummary` (type: `string`): JSON summary with counts for candidates, filtered rows, duplicates, pushed rows, sources, queries, and finish time. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "queries": [ "acquisition", "funding", "AI", "NASDAQ:AAPL" ], "sources": [ "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/financial-services-latest-news/acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-technology-latest-news/business-technology-latest-news-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-latest-news/health-latest-news-list/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/orgclass/1/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20News%20about%20Public%20Companies", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/subjectcode/27-Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions", "https://www.globenewswire.com/rss/list" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "queries": [ "acquisition", "funding", "AI", "NASDAQ:AAPL", ], "sources": [ "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/financial-services-latest-news/acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-technology-latest-news/business-technology-latest-news-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-latest-news/health-latest-news-list/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/orgclass/1/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20News%20about%20Public%20Companies", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/subjectcode/27-Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions", "https://www.globenewswire.com/rss/list", ], } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "queries": [ "acquisition", "funding", "AI", "NASDAQ:AAPL" ], "sources": [ "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/news-releases-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/financial-services-latest-news/acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-technology-latest-news/business-technology-latest-news-list/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-latest-news/health-latest-news-list/", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/orgclass/1/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20News%20about%20Public%20Companies", "https://www.globenewswire.com/RssFeed/subjectcode/27-Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions/feedTitle/GlobeNewswire%20-%20Mergers%20and%20Acquisitions", "https://www.globenewswire.com/rss/list" ] }' | apify call lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lokki/press-release-intelligence-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Press Release Intelligence Scraper", "description": "Multi-source press release monitor for PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Business Wire-style RSS feeds, and direct release URLs. Extracts entities, tickers, event types, contacts, signals, and dedupes releases for PR, sales, and investor intelligence.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "wAcVPPpiFmtfAccv9" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/lokki~press-release-intelligence-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-lokki-press-release-intelligence-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/lokki~press-release-intelligence-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-lokki-press-release-intelligence-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/lokki~press-release-intelligence-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-lokki-press-release-intelligence-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "queries": { "title": "Keywords / companies / tickers", "type": "array", "description": "Optional filter terms. Matching is applied against title, summary, body, companies, tickers, and event labels.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "sources": { "title": "Sources (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Optional. Leave blank to use the built-in PR Newswire + GlobeNewswire source set. Add URLs only when you want to monitor specific feeds, listing pages, RSS/XML feeds, or direct press release URLs.", "default": [], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxReleases": { "title": "Max releases", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Hard cap on pushed release rows.", "default": 100 }, "sinceHours": { "title": "Freshness window in hours", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 8760, "type": "integer", "description": "Only keep releases newer than this window when a published date is available. Set 0 to disable.", "default": 168 }, "dedupeMode": { "title": "Dedupe mode", "enum": [ "url", "url_title_hash", "none" ], "type": "string", "description": "How duplicate releases are suppressed.", "default": "url_title_hash" }, "classifyEvents": { "title": "Classify business events", "type": "boolean", "description": "Adds event labels such as funding, M&A, earnings, partnership, product launch, executive hire, legal/compliance, and customer win.", "default": true }, "extractContacts": { "title": "Extract media/IR contacts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Extract visible emails, phone numbers, and contact names from releases.", "default": true }, "maxPagesPerSource": { "title": "Max pages / expanded feeds per source", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "For PR Newswire listing URLs, paginate ?page=1..N. For GlobeNewswire RSS directory, use up to N RSS feeds.", "default": 15 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional Apify proxy configuration. 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