# PR Newswire Scraper: Press Releases, Companies & Contacts (`steadyrows/prnewswire-releases`) Actor

Press releases from prnewswire.com by keyword, industry, subject, company or feed: full text, source, media contact e-mails and phones, tickers, links, images and tags. Public pages only, no proxy.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/steadyrows/prnewswire-releases.md
- **Developed by:** [SteadyRows](https://apify.com/steadyrows) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 release with details

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## PR Newswire Scraper: press releases, companies and contacts

Get structured data from [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com), the largest press-release wire: search by **keyword**, list an **industry** or **subject** (funding rounds, mergers, personnel changes, product launches, earnings…), follow a **company's** releases, walk the **site-wide feed**, or paste any prnewswire.com page, and get one clean row per release with the full text, the issuing company, **media contact e-mails and phone numbers**, stock tickers, outbound links and images.

Built for news monitoring, lead generation (who just raised money, who just hired a CMO, which agency sent the release), competitor tracking, PR and investor-relations research, and feeding press releases into search indexes or language models.

### What you get

**One row per release** (every row has the same keys, `null` when the site has no value):

| Field | Example |
|---|---|
| `id`, `url`, `title` | `302900251`, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sante-raises-15m-series-a-…-302900251.html, "Santé Raises $15M Series A to Expand…" |
| `summary` | the site's own one-paragraph description |
| `publishedAt`, `publishedDate`, `publishedAtText` | `2026-10-06T19:20:00.000Z` (US Eastern time converted to UTC), `2026-10-06`, "Oct 06, 2026, 15:20 ET" |
| `language` | `en-US`, `de`, `es`, `fr`, `zh-hant`… as the site tags it |
| `organization`, `organizationUrl` | the company that issued the release and its page on the site |
| `imageUrl`, `mediaType` | the release's photo, video thumbnail or logo; `photo` / `video` / `logo` |
| `subtitle` | the subheadline shown under the title |
| `datelineCity`, `datelineDate` | "NEW YORK", "Oct. 6, 2026" |
| `text`, `bodyHtml` | the full release as plain text (paragraphs separated by blank lines) and as clean HTML with real outbound links |
| `source` | the "SOURCE …" line at the end of the release |
| `emails[]`, `phones[]`, `contactText` | media / investor contact e-mails (decoded from the site's obfuscation), phone numbers found in the contact block, and the contact block itself |
| `tickers[]` | `[{ "symbol": "RHHBY", "exchange": "OTCQX" }]` for every ticker the release links |
| `links[]` | outbound links in the text, with the site's click tracker removed (company website, product pages, registration links) |
| `images[]`, `videoUrls[]` | multimedia in the release |
| `industryCodes[]`, `subjectCodes[]` | the wire's classification codes as printed in the page, e.g. `["FNT", "FIN"]` and `["VEN", "PDT"]` on a funding-round release, `["PDT", "TDS"]` on a trade-show product launch |
| `industries[]`, `subjects[]` | the same codes with their names (`{"code": "VEN", "name": "Venture Capital"}`), from the wire's own code table; `name` is null for a code the table has not seen |
| `companies[]`, `storyId`, `newsItemId`, `transmissionId` | the wire's own identifiers |
| `relatedReleases[]`, `translations[]` | "Also from this source" releases; the same release in other languages or regions |
| `query`, `section`, `organizationSlug`, `listUrl`, `position` | where the release was found and its rank there |
| `detailsFetched` | whether the release page was opened for this row |

Only public information is collected: everything above is on the public release page, and media contacts are published by the issuer to be contacted.

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["series A funding", "FDA approval"],
  "industries": [{"code": "ALC", "name": "Beers, Wines and Spirits"}, {"code": "BEV", "name": "Beverages"}, {"code": "AFI", "name": "Artificial Intelligence"}, {"code": "FNT", "name": "Financial Technology"}, {"code": "FIN", "name": "Banking & Financial Services"}, {"code": "CPR", "name": "Computer & Electronics"}],
  "subjects": [{"code": "VEN", "name": "Venture Capital"}, {"code": "PDT", "name": "New Products & Services"}],
  "organizations": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news/roche/", "nvidia"],
  "feed": "none",
  "listUrls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/consumer-technology-latest-news/artificial-intelligence-list/"],
  "releaseUrls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/example-302900437.html"],
  "publishedAfter": "7 days",
  "languages": ["en"],
  "maxReleases": 100,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

- **searchQueries** run the site's own search, newest release first. Multi-word queries match releases containing the words.
- **industries** are the 16 sections: `automotive-transportation`, `business-technology`, `entertainment-media`, `financial-services`, `general-business`, `consumer-technology`, `energy`, `environment`, `heavy-industry-manufacturing`, `telecommunications`, `consumer-products-retail`, `health`, `sports`, `travel`, `policy-public-interest`, `multicultural`. Names ("Health") and section URLs work too.
- **subjects** are the ~200 subject lists under those sections (see the list below). A slug alone picks the first section that has it; `industry/subject` picks a specific one; the list's URL always works.
- **organizations** are company pages (`https://www.prnewswire.com/news/roche/`) or their slugs.
- **feed** walks the site-wide list: `all` (every release, ~1,000 a day), `english`, or `public-company`. With **publishedAfter** `1 day` and a scheduled run this is a complete daily feed.
- **listUrls** take any list, search, subject, company or release page copied from the site.
- **publishedAfter** accepts a date (`2026-10-01`) or `1 day`, `2 weeks`, `1 month`. Every list is newest first, so the actor stops as soon as it reaches older releases and a daily run costs only what is new.
- **languages** keeps only the given language codes (`en` also matches `en-US`).
- **maxReleases** applies per query, section, company, feed or URL. A release found under several sources is delivered once.
- **includeDetails** off: list fields only (title, summary, time, language, thumbnail, and the company on search results), several times faster and cheaper.

#### Subject slugs

Auto & Transportation: aerospace-defense, air-freight, airlines-aviation, automotive, maritime-shipbuilding, railroads-and-intermodal-transportation, supply-chain-logistics, transportation-trucking-railroad, travel, trucking-and-road-transportation.
Business Technology: blockchain, broadcast-tech, computer-electronics, computer-hardware, computer-software, data-analytics, electronic-commerce, electronic-components, electronic-design-automation, financial-technology, high-tech-security, internet-technology, nanotechnology, networks, peripherals, semiconductors.
Entertainment & Media: advertising, art, books, entertainment, film-and-motion-picture, magazines, music, publishing-information-services, radio, television.
Financial Services & Investing: accounting-news-issues, acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers, banking-financial-services, bankruptcy, bond-stock-ratings, conference-call-announcements, contracts, cryptocurrency, dividends, earnings, earnings-forecasts-projections, financing-agreements, insurance, investment-opinions, joint-ventures, mutual-funds, private-placement, real-estate, restructuring-recapitalization, sales-reports, shareholder-activism, shareholder-meetings, stock-offering, stock-split, venture-capital.
General Business: awards, commercial-real-estate, corporate-expansion, earnings, environmental-social-governance, human-resource-workforce-management, licensing, new-products-services, obituaries, outsourcing-businesses, overseas-real-estate, personnel-announcements, real-estate-transactions, residential-real-estate, small-business-services, socially-responsible-investing, surveys-polls-and-research, trade-show-news.
Consumer Technology: artificial-intelligence, blockchain, cloud-computing-internet-of-things, computer-electronics, computer-hardware, computer-software, consumer-electronics, cryptocurrency, data-analytics, electronic-commerce, electronic-gaming, financial-technology, mobile-entertainment, multimedia-internet, peripherals, social-media, science-tech-engineering-math, supply-chain-logistics, wireless-communications.
The remaining sections (energy, environment, heavy-industry-manufacturing, telecommunications, consumer-products-retail, health, sports, travel, policy-public-interest, multicultural) follow the same pattern; paste the list's URL from the site's "Trending Topics" page when in doubt, and the actor tells you the valid slugs when one is wrong.

### Output example

```json
{
  "id": "302900251",
  "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sante-raises-15m-series-a-to-expand-the-first-ai-operating-system-for-wine--spirits-retail-302900251.html",
  "title": "Santé Raises $15M Series A to Expand the First AI Operating System for Wine & Spirits Retail",
  "summary": "Santé, a leading fintech and AI platform for the wine and spirits industry, today announced a $15 million Series A funding led by FINTOP…",
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-06T19:20:00.000Z",
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-06",
  "language": "en-US",
  "organization": "Santé",
  "organizationUrl": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news/sant%C3%A9/",
  "subtitle": "Powering nearly 1,000 stores and processing $2B in GMV, Santé introduces autonomous AI sales tools to drive retail revenue",
  "datelineCity": "NEW YORK",
  "datelineDate": "Oct. 6, 2026",
  "text": "NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Santé, a leading fintech and AI platform…",
  "source": "Santé",
  "emails": ["riley@activate-pr.com"],
  "phones": [],
  "contactText": "Riley Munks\nPR Advisor\nActivate PR\nhttps://www.activate-pr.com/\nriley@activate-pr.com",
  "tickers": [],
  "links": ["https://www.santehq.com/", "https://www.activate-pr.com/"],
  "industryCodes": ["ALC", "BEV", "AFI", "FNT", "FIN", "CPR"],
  "subjectCodes": ["VEN", "PDT"],
  "industries": [{"code": "ALC", "name": "Alcoholic Beverages"}, {"code": "BEV", "name": "Beverages"}, {"code": "AFI", "name": "Agriculture, Food & Beverages"}, {"code": "FNT", "name": "Financial Technology"}, {"code": "FIN", "name": "Banking & Financial Services"}, {"code": "CPR", "name": "Computer Software"}],
  "subjects": [{"code": "VEN", "name": "Venture Capital"}, {"code": "PDT", "name": "New Products & Services"}],
  "query": "series A funding",
  "position": 1,
  "detailsFetched": true
}
```

### Limits worth knowing

- The site's search has no date filter; `publishedAfter` is applied by the actor, which stops reading as soon as a list reaches older releases.
- Search results list about 100 pages of 100; use a narrower query or a subject list for more.
- Phone numbers are read from the contact block at the end of the release, so a number quoted elsewhere in the text is not a contact. Some issuers publish no contact at all; `emails` is then `[]`.
- Industry and subject codes are the wire's internal codes. The page prints only the codes; `industries` and `subjects` add the names from the wire's own code table (built from the "Explore" links on release pages), so a rare code can come back with `name: null`.
- Company pages, like the lists, show each release once per language edition, so a bilingual issuer's page holds two rows for one announcement (`translations` links them).

### Pricing

Pay per result, no subscription:

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Release with details (page opened) | $2.00 per 1,000 |
| Release, list row only (`includeDetails: false`) | $0.80 per 1,000 |
| Run start | $0.002 |

1,000 releases with details take about 4 minutes; list rows alone a few seconds per 1,000.

### Reliability

- Public pages only, no login, no proxy. Requests are spaced out and run a few at a time; a rate-limit or bot-wall answer is retried with backoff and the whole run slows down instead of hammering the site.
- A release that is gone between the list and its page is delivered as a list row with a warning; if release pages stop answering altogether, the run continues with list rows (charged at the lower price) instead of failing.
- Rows are pushed as they are collected, so a run stopped early still delivers what it has.
- The site's time stamps are US Eastern; `publishedAt` is converted to UTC, including daylight-saving changes.

### Support

Open an issue on the Issues tab. Broken runs get fixed first.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search press releases for, e.g. `series A`, `acquisition`, `FDA approval`. Each query is one search, newest releases first.

## `industries` (type: `array`):

Industry sections to list, newest first: `automotive-transportation`, `business-technology`, `entertainment-media`, `financial-services`, `general-business`, `consumer-technology`, `energy`, `environment`, `heavy-industry-manufacturing`, `telecommunications`, `consumer-products-retail`, `health`, `sports`, `travel`, `policy-public-interest`, `multicultural`. The section's URL works too.

## `subjects` (type: `array`):

Subject lists, newest first, e.g. `venture-capital`, `acquisitions-mergers-and-takeovers`, `personnel-announcements`, `new-products-services`, `earnings`, `artificial-intelligence`, `clinical-trials`. Use `industry/subject` (e.g. `general-business/earnings`) when a subject exists under several industries, or paste the list's URL. The full list is in the README.

## `organizations` (type: `array`):

Company pages, newest release first: the page URL (`https://www.prnewswire.com/news/roche/`) or its slug (`roche`).

## `feed` (type: `string`):

Walk one of the site-wide lists, newest first. Combine with **Published after** and **Max releases** for a daily feed.

## `listUrls` (type: `array`):

Any list, search, subject, company or release page copied from prnewswire.com, e.g. `https://www.prnewswire.com/search/news/?keyword=funding`, `https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/financial-services-latest-news/venture-capital-list/`, `https://www.prnewswire.com/news/roche/`.

## `releaseUrls` (type: `array`):

Specific press releases, always opened for full details, e.g. `https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/example-302900437.html`.

## `publishedAfter` (type: `string`):

Only releases published on or after this date: `2026-10-01`, or relative like `1 day`, `2 weeks`. Lists are newest first, so the actor stops as soon as it reaches older releases.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Keep only releases in these languages, by code as the site tags them: `en`, `de`, `es`, `fr`, `zh-hant`, … Empty = all languages.

## `maxReleases` (type: `integer`):

Upper limit per query, section, company, feed or pasted URL. A release found under several sources is delivered once.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

On: every release page is opened for the full text, subheadline, dateline, source, contact e-mails and phones, tickers, links, images, industry and subject codes, related releases and translations. Off: only the list fields (title, summary, time, language, thumbnail), faster and cheaper.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "series A funding"
  ],
  "industries": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "organizations": [],
  "feed": "none",
  "listUrls": [],
  "releaseUrls": [],
  "publishedAfter": "",
  "languages": [],
  "maxReleases": 100,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All rows the run collected, one per item, in the default dataset.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "series A funding"
    ],
    "industries": [],
    "subjects": [],
    "organizations": [],
    "listUrls": [],
    "releaseUrls": [],
    "languages": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("steadyrows/prnewswire-releases").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["series A funding"],
    "industries": [],
    "subjects": [],
    "organizations": [],
    "listUrls": [],
    "releaseUrls": [],
    "languages": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("steadyrows/prnewswire-releases").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "series A funding"
  ],
  "industries": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "organizations": [],
  "listUrls": [],
  "releaseUrls": [],
  "languages": []
}' |
apify call steadyrows/prnewswire-releases --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,steadyrows/prnewswire-releases"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lFJryacbg6hxXxhP3/builds/iIFitmfM6QC3udzj3/openapi.json