
Are you looking for an easy and clever way to find newspaper articles about a specific company? Just like Google Trends (described elsewhere in this newsletter) allows you to tab into popular searches on the internet, Factiva allows you to monitor the frequency with which publicly quoted companies appear in the media, for instance in the context of stock price fluctuations.
It is also possible to make comparisons using a defined index and in this way pick up on fluctuations not related to the general changes in prices.
You can use the stock price data to generate a day-to-day count of articles mentioning a specific company and pulled from major news sources. Just select a specific date and Factiva will display only those articles published one week before to one week after this day.
How to do it:
- Go to Factiva
- Click the Companies /Industries menu tab
- Enter the company name in the search box and select from the results list
- Click the stock prices graph
Example:

If you have further questions, please contact Mette Bechmann, mb.lib@cbs.dk.