Google News websites

Is there a trend?

[eljacko]

Is there a trend of where google picks it's news articles from? I have always wondered but have not come up with any conclusions. The alerts we sign up for are from blog websites but google must have a select few which it regularly refers to for specific subject areas.
Does anyone have this list?

[vincevincevince]

Google contacted some sites to arrange access, they added some sites on their own, and if you submit your site to the service they will consider adding it. I think the third route is now the more common, major outlets being mostly included by this point.

[eljacko]

If this is the case how do I get hold of the websites google have already listed and is partnering?

[vincevincevince]

I doubt they will tell you, but the only source is Google themselves. You could potentially monitor all the news for a month and log every publication covered...

[eljacko]

I think I might as it's a key area and links from these websites must be crediable.