Overview
The Get Company News action allows you to search for and retrieve recent news articles about a specific company based on their domain URL. The output is a list of relevant news article summaries about the company. This action is particularly useful for sales and marketing teams conducting account planning and research, enabling them to stay up-to-date on important company news and events. The news summaries can then be used as inputs for other actions like Generate Text or Extract Data From Text to synthesize comprehensive account plans.
Usage Examples
Summarize Company News - You can use the Get Company News action to fetch news articles and summaries about a specific company based on the inputs provided (company domain, time period, news category). Then, you can utilize the Generate Text action to concisely summarize and distill the key information from the news articles that are most relevant to your needs.
Monitor Product Launches - The Get Company News action provides a list of news articles about the company. You can then use the Extract Data from Text action to parse through these articles and extract specific pieces of information that you are interested in, such as mentions of a new product launch or other key details.
Competitor Research - You can set up the Get Company News action on a trigger (e.g., weekly) to automatically receive reports containing the latest news about your competitors. This allows you to stay updated on any significant developments or announcements from your competitors so that you can prepare and respond accordingly.
Account Research - For comprehensive account research, you can combine the Get Company News action with other related actions like Get Earnings Call or Search SEC Filings. This allows you to gather news articles, earnings call transcripts, SEC filings, and other relevant information about a public company. Then, you can use the Generate Text action to synthesize and summarize all of this data into a thorough account plan or report.
Inputs
Company Domain - The URL of the company's website that you want to search for news about. This should be the root domain, e.g.
example.com.Time Period - The timeframe you want to search for news within. You can choose from the following options:
Past 24 hours
Past week
Past month
Past 3 months
Past 6 months
Past year
Advanced Inputs
News Categories - This allows you to filter the news results to only include specific types of news stories. Some examples include:
Company launches new offering
Company receives investment like venture funding, loan, grant etc.
Company acquired other company
Outputs
The Get Company News action outputs JSON of news articles about the specified company, filtered by the selected time period and news category (if specified). The key outputs include:
Article Category: The category of the article
Article Title: The title of the article
Source and Date: The URL of the news article and its publication date
Article Body: The full text of the article.
Troubleshooting
Incorrect Company Domain URL - Ensure that the company domain URL you entered is correct and accurate. An incorrect URL will result in an error stating “Error with finding recent news.”
No Results Received - If you are not receiving any news results, there could be a couple of reasons:
Narrow Category Selection - Check the news category you have selected in the advanced settings. If you have filtered for a very specific category like "Company Investments" but the company has not made any investments in the selected time period, you will not receive any results.
Time Period Too Narrow - The time period you have selected may be too narrow. For example, if you selected "Past 24 hours" but the company has not had any newsworthy events in the last day, you will not get any results. Try widening the time period to "Past Week", "Past Month" etc. to increase the chances of finding relevant news.
Related Actions
Generate Text - This action can be used to generate a summary or distillation of the news articles and information gathered about a company using the GetCompanyNews action. It allows you to synthesize the key points into a more concise narrative.
Extract Data From Text - This action enables you to parse through the text of the news articles and extract specific pieces of information you need, such as mentions of a particular product or other details relevant to your research.
Get Earnings Call - For public companies, this action retrieves the transcript from the company's quarterly earnings call. This can provide insights into the company's performance and forward-looking statements from executives.
Search SEC Filings - This action searches through a public company's annual 10-K reports and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These filings contain comprehensive information about a company's business operations, financial condition, and potential risks that can be valuable for researching accounts.