Monitor News Coverage as It Happens

News articles get published, updated, and sometimes quietly edited. PageCrawl watches the news sources and media outlets that matter to you and delivers alerts the moment content changes.

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Why Teams Choose PageCrawl

Track News Sites and Publications

Monitor specific news pages, publication sections, or search result pages. Get alerted when new articles appear or existing articles are updated.

AI Summaries of New Coverage

Every detected change comes with an AI summary. Quickly understand the topic and relevance of new articles without reading each one in full.

Detect Stealth Edits

Know when a published article is quietly updated. PageCrawl shows exactly what was added, removed, or modified with side-by-side diffs.

Real-Time Alert Delivery

Receive alerts via email, Slack, Teams, Discord, or Telegram. Route different publications to different channels based on topic or priority.

Auto-Discover News Pages

Point PageCrawl at a news domain and auto-discover relevant sections and pages. Monitor RSS feeds and article listing pages for new content.

Newsroom Briefings for PR, Comms, and Research Teams

Reuters publishes a story at 4:47am, the FT updates the headline at 6:12am, and by 9am the narrative has already locked in. PR teams cannot refresh outlet homepages all night, and analysts cannot manually compare yesterday's coverage to today's. PageCrawl monitors the outlets and beats that matter to you and rolls coverage into briefings the way each audience reads news: an executive morning brief, a weekly comms recap, and instant alerts the moment a tracked outlet publishes or quietly edits a story about your company or sector.

Morning Coverage Brief · Daily · May 20
4 stories shaping today's agenda
AI OverviewStyle: Headline
The FT broke a regulatory enforcement story affecting our category overnight that has already been picked up by Reuters and Bloomberg. The NYT business section published a profile of our largest competitor that is mostly favorable but raises one operational concern we should be ready to respond to. Reuters quietly edited a Tuesday story about industry M&A activity to add a quote from our CEO that originally appeared in a different piece.
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FT published at 4:47am UK: regulator opened a formal investigation into pricing practices at a top-three category competitor, sourced to "two people familiar with the matter." Reuters picked up the wire at 5:30am, Bloomberg at 6:08am. Comms should expect inbound by 9am and have a "we comply with all applicable rules" line ready by 8:30am at the latest.
ft.com/content/regulator-enforcement-action·May 20·View diff
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NYT business section published a 2,400-word profile of our largest competitor, mostly favorable on growth and product strategy but raising a specific question about contractor classification practices. The line "the company's reliance on independent contractors has drawn scrutiny in three states" is the one reporters will copy into follow-on pieces. Have our talking points ready in case we are pulled in for comparison coverage.
nytimes.com/business/competitor-profile·May 20·View diff
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Reuters edited their Tuesday industry M&A roundup at 11:43pm last night to add a CEO quote from our company that originally ran in a Bloomberg piece. The quote is accurate and on-message but the version they used is from an interview we expected to be exclusive to Bloomberg. Worth a quiet check-in with the Reuters reporter relationship.
reuters.com/markets/deals/industry-ma-roundup·May 20·View diff
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AP published a routine roundup of yesterday's earnings releases. Our category is mentioned only in passing as part of a sector list. No specific company coverage and no quotes. Noted for completeness.
apnews.com/article/business-update·May 20·View diff
Scope: Domain: nytimes.com, reuters.com, ft.com, bloomberg.com · Sent to comms@company.com, exec-staff@company.com
Weekly Coverage Recap · Weekly · May 13 to May 20
6 substantive mentions across tracked outlets
AI OverviewStyle: Detailed
Coverage volume was up 23% week over week driven by the regulatory story Tuesday. Sentiment skewed neutral-to-positive once our statement landed. The Washington Post and the Guardian both published explainer pieces that quote our CEO accurately. The BBC business desk has not yet covered the story which is unusual given their typical beat overlap, may be worth a soft pitch on Friday.
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WaPo published a 1,800-word explainer on the category regulatory landscape Wednesday afternoon. We are quoted three times via the prepared statement, all accurately, and named in the second paragraph as one of the "established players that has welcomed clearer rules." This is the strongest positioning piece we have had in WaPo in 18 months.
washingtonpost.com/business/category-explainer·May 18·View diff
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The Guardian ran an explainer with a more critical angle than WaPo, focusing on consumer protection concerns. Our CEO's quote is included but trimmed to remove the context about industry standards work. Reporter has not requested a follow-up. Probably not worth contesting, but worth noting for the reporter file.
theguardian.com/business/our-sector·May 17·View diff
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BBC business landing page has been updated four times this week with sector stories but none about the regulatory action or our category specifically. Given their usual coverage cadence this is conspicuous. Suggest a Friday afternoon outreach to the business desk producer with the executive Q&A package.
bbc.com/news/business·May 15·View diff
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Bloomberg published a one-paragraph aggregation in their evening newsletter. Our company is named once with the word "compliant" attached. Friendly but extremely brief, no follow-up reporter outreach.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/category-roundup·May 16·View diff
Scope: Tag: #brand-mentions · Sent to pr@company.com, ceo@company.com
AI-written briefings, 8 stylesPick the style each audience prefers: headline, patterns, action briefing, detailed, bullets, changelog, risk assessment, or brief.
Group by tag, folder, or domainOne report for competitor pricing, another for compliance pages, another for product launches.
Daily, weekly, or monthly cadenceEach audience picks the rhythm that fits. Marketing on Mondays, legal on the first of the month.
Deliver to anyoneEmail digests to stakeholders, clients, or execs. No PageCrawl account required for recipients.
Print-ready briefingsEvery digest is print-optimized. Open it, hit print, and you have a clean briefing for board decks or quarterly reviews.
PDF and Excel exportExport any digest as PDF or Excel for archives, audits, or pasting straight into a deck.
Comments and feedback inlineStakeholders can flag noise, ask questions, or escalate items without leaving the digest.
Instant escalation channelsHigh-priority changes still hit Slack, Teams, email, Discord, Telegram, and webhooks the moment they happen.

How Scheduled Reports work

Built For

PR & Communications Teams

Monitor media outlets for coverage of your brand, executives, or industry. Respond to press mentions within hours, not days.

Marketing Teams

Track industry publications and competitor press coverage. Stay informed about market narratives and emerging trends.

Analysts & Researchers

Monitor news sources for industry developments, market signals, and emerging stories. Build a timeline of how coverage evolves.

Legal & Compliance Teams

Watch for regulatory news, enforcement actions, and legal developments reported in trade publications and mainstream media.

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Use Cases

Competitive Intelligence→Price & Stock Monitoring→Compliance & Regulatory→Regulatory Intelligence→Banking Intelligence→Legal & Court Monitoring→Media Monitoring→Investment Intelligence→SEO Monitoring→Brand & Reputation→Website QA & Regression→API & Docs Monitoring→Government & Public Records→Legal & Policy Tracking→Job Listings→Product Pages→Real Estate Listings→Supply Chain→Content Monitoring→Patent Filings→Stock Availability→Event Schedules→Regulatory Filings→Academic Research→Travel & Flights→Release Notes→Grants & Funding→

How It Works

1

Add any URL — pages, prices, numbers, PDFs, login-walled portals

Paste a competitor page, a vendor DPA, a product listing, or a government docket. PageCrawl handles JavaScript-heavy pages, cookie banners, login walls, and PDFs out of the box. Track the whole page, a specific element, a price, a stock status, or a number — the choice is yours per monitor.

2

PageCrawl detects what changed and how much it matters

For text-heavy pages, an AI summary explains in plain English what shifted and assigns a 0 to 100 importance score. For numbers, prices, and stock counts, you get the raw value — no summary needed. Pick what makes sense per monitor; AI is on tap when you want it, off when you do not.

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Instant alerts only when something is actually urgent

Time-sensitive changes (price drops, restocks, new filings) hit Slack, Teams, email, Discord, Telegram, or webhook the moment they are detected. Less urgent changes (terms updates, content drift) skip the ping and wait for the morning digest. You decide which folders and tags trigger which channels.

4

Roll the rest up into reports stakeholders actually read

Changes that do not need a same-minute alert flow into AI-written digests grouped by tag, folder, or domain. Daily for ops, weekly for marketing, monthly for compliance — each audience picks the cadence and report style (patterns, action briefing, risk assessment, or six others) that fits how they work.

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