Track Competitor Press Releases Automatically — Monitor Company Announcements

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Your competitors announce funding rounds, product launches, partnerships, executive hires and M&A through press releases — usually on PR Newswire. Track Competitor Press Releases Automatically turns that public stream into a structured feed you can monitor by company, keyword, and ticker, so you never miss a competitor move again.

▶ Run the PR Newswire Monitor on Apify — pay per use, no login

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The job to be done

Stop manually checking competitor newsrooms and PR Newswire pages. Set up a keyword/company watch once and get every matching release as clean data — title, summary, full body, publication date (JSON-LD), and extracted stock tickers (NASDAQ/NYSE/AMEX).

Who uses it

Competitive intelligence — track rival launches, funding, partnerships and exec moves as they’re announced.
Sales triggers — a competitor’s customer announcing a raise or expansion is a buying alert; catch it same-day.
Investor & equity research — the public narrative around a ticker, with the ticker already extracted.
PR & comms — monitor your brand, your competitors, and your clients’ share of voice.
M&A / funding / product tracking — a structured stream of deal and launch announcements.
Agencies — watch every client and their competitors from one scheduled job.

What you get

Title, URL, summary, full body text.
Publication date (JSON-LD) + modification date.
Extracted tickers (NASDAQ/NYSE/AMEX) — join announcements to markets.
Keyword + category + country filters; JSON/CSV out.

Source & trust: Public PR Newswire press releases. No login, no paywall, structured JSON/CSV. Pay per release ($5 free Apify credit to start).

Want it fully automated? Schedule a keyword/company watch and pipe new releases to Slack, email or a sheet → Make · Zapier · n8n

Pair it with SEC filings

SEC filings show the formal disclosure; PR Newswire shows the public narrative around it. Run both to see the full picture — the 8-K and the press release, side by side. See the SEC Filings Toolkit and Data Packs.

FAQ

Can I watch specific competitors?

Yes — filter by keyword, company name, category, and country to track named competitors or whole sectors.

Does it extract stock tickers?

Yes — NASDAQ/NYSE/AMEX tickers are parsed out, so you can join announcements to market data.

How do I get alerts?

Schedule it with Make, Zapier, or n8n to push new matching releases to Slack, email, or a spreadsheet.

How is it priced?

Pay per release on Apify (PPE) — no subscription. $5 free credit to start.