Currently, for a site I run about widgets, I get news and press release information by going to news websites. Or I will visit widget maker sites directly to see if they have put a news item on there. These methods, as you can imagine, take up time.

I also normally find that some other websites have already written about a news item that I want to cover.

So my question is, what other methods would people in my situation use to go about getting news and press release information as soon as it comes out? I'm guessing I need to be on mailing lists about releases etc, but I don't know where to start! I guess this is more of a journalistic question.

Cheers

Manoj