Business openings in the news, for the business desk
Companies opening, expanding or closing sites, from the news, on a map.
What it does
Every morning: the business news feed you follow, read by xMap AI for stories about companies opening, expanding or closing sites, each placed on the map where it happens, only the stories not seen before, emailed to the business desk.
In one sentence: Every day at 07:00, read a news feed for news about a company opening, expanding, moving or closing stores, offices, factories or ot, keep only new ones, then show them on a map and email the list to you.
Why it is useful
Openings and closures are business stories, and they are spread over many headlines. xMap AI reads the feed every morning and keeps only those, each placed where it happens.
Who it is for
Media, newsrooms & publishing. Newsrooms, broadcasters, publishers and media sales teams who need local stories, audiences and advertisers first. Every use case for media & publishing
Best use cases
- A business desk
- A local news site
- A trade magazine
What each run gives you
- An email
- A map
The time it saves
Every day at 07:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 30 minutes each time; it runs about 30 times a month, so it saves about 15 hours a month (an estimate). It is easy: 5 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- Every morningTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Openings and closures in the newsxMap data · NewsStories from news feeds (RSS or Atom) or a website’s news page: title, link, when, the source and a short summary.
- Only new onesLogic · Only newLets through only the items this flow has not found before, so a daily flow sends only what is new.
- Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
- Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- Bring in news stories: Read news feeds or a news page, keep what matters, put the places on a map.
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