How to get gaming news instantly in my email

Scoota

Basically I'm looking to start a gaming podcast. We've got a blog site up so far, and we usually just get our news off things like Joystiq or Evilavatar.

How exactly do these guys get their news directly from companies? Is there some kind of feed I need to get in order to get to the second news (before these other sites post?) I've heard of things like the Associated Press, but I don't know exactly how that works.

Any insight to the world of 'the media' and press would be great.

Scoota

Maybe I just asked the question wrong, or maybe no-one knows.

1ddqd

To be honest, the best thing you could do is ACTIVELY go out and research. Press releases (via gaming sites PR department) are a good place to start, followed maybe by calling the companies and asking for statements. Good gaming sites don't sit there and wait for companies to send them info. They call and write and email DAILY trying to get a snippet of info. Look at engadget, for chrissakes.

I assume that in your podcast you're going to offer your opinion on games-related topics and not simply report the news. If that's the case, you'll have to collect from a myriad of sources. Activision offers a subscription, for instance. You should sign up for as many "subscriptions" as you can, then peel the news from that.

Also, wouldn't hurt to set your homepages (in tabs) to be along the lines of gamespot, bit-tech, 1up, shacknews, slashdot, etc.

And that's just for starters.

Lail

When I was running my gaming website, I went to a bunch of company websites, looked for the appropriate e-mail address on their site (usually on the Contact Us page) and sent them an e-mail explaining what I wanted. You'll either start getting their Press Releases, get directed to the right person, actually get a proper reply from someone (good way to build contacts) or you won't hear from them at all.

This was about five or so years ago, so things may have changed. It was kind of amazing how easy it wasy to score free stuff likes games, shirts, posters, etc by doing this too.

mad4drpepper

1ddqd wrote: »

To be honest, the best thing you could do is ACTIVELY go out and research. Press releases (via gaming sites PR department) are a good place to start, followed maybe by calling the companies and asking for statements. Good gaming sites don't sit there and wait for companies to send them info. They call and write and email DAILY trying to get a snippet of info. Look at engadget, for chrissakes.

I assume that in your podcast you're going to offer your opinion on games-related topics and not simply report the news. If that's the case, you'll have to collect from a myriad of sources. Activision offers a subscription, for instance. You should sign up for as many "subscriptions" as you can, then peel the news from that.

Also, wouldn't hurt to set your homepages (in tabs) to be along the lines of gamespot, bit-tech, 1up, shacknews, slashdot, etc.

And that's just for starters.

I agree. I think that networking with company PRs is a step in the right direction.

wunderbar

if you're whoring other sites for news, use RSS feeds.

mad4drpepper

wunderbar wrote: »

if you're whoring other sites for news, use RSS feeds.

Just make sure that you use protection.