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Sources for Historical News and Sentiment Data

Article Quant Q&A · Author: Nick M
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Summary

The document responds to a request for news archives extending beyond a short recent window. It names three possible sources: AYLIEN’s historical news API, Bloomberg news and sentiment data used in historical backtesting, and Webhose.io, which an answer says has data reaching back to January 2008. The Bloomberg discussion distinguishes headline text from full article text and describes access to historical sentiment and news in a backtesting context.

These examples show that historical news can be obtained through specialized APIs or financial data services, and that available fields may range from headlines and sentiment measures to article text. The entries are pointers rather than a comparison or evaluation. The document does not establish current coverage, licensing terms, pricing, geographic or asset coverage, or whether the cited products remain available under the same conditions. One respondent discloses employment with a named provider, so readers should independently assess suitability and verify data rights before relying on any source.

Key ideas

  • Historical news archives may be available through dedicated APIs and financial data vendors.
  • News datasets can differ in whether they include full text, headlines, or sentiment fields.
  • Historical news and sentiment can support backtesting research.
  • The named providers are examples, not a current vendor comparison or endorsement.
  • Coverage, access terms, and licensing need to be checked with each provider.

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SentimentEvent-drivenBacktesting
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# Data sources to get past news articles


# Data sources to get past news articles












Are there data sources from which we could get news articles from the last 2 years? I tried reuters but they had data spanning back to just 3 months.

Any suggestion/pointers are appreciated

## Answer by Mike Waldron (score 3)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/43000

AYLIEN provides historical news content via an API. You can try it here.

Full disclosure I work for AYLIEN.

## Answer by TayloeD (score 2)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/35151

At CloudQuant we have been using historical sentiment data and news data from bloomberg. This news includes the news title text. I believe that the full text is also available but we aren't using it. We allow our clients in the CloudQuant Elite product to be able to access the news sentiment in our historical backtesting.

Bloomberg's "EVENT-DRIVEN TRADING TEXTUAL NEWS" and real time data can be found at: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/event-driven-feeds/

## Answer by vibhu_singh (score 0)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/44726

Webhose.io API provides historical data going back to Jan 2008. Here is the link.

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