there was a wso out that tells you the steps you can take that will help you get accepted into google news. i have an approved site if you're interested
This is a very good question. I think that if your website is a famous new site, then your articles will be easier to be listed in Google News. Because famous news site has high weight in news ranking.
There is no such cirteria to be approved in google news. If you are confident enough that your site is good to submit in google news, submit it & see what happen. I suggest you to use advanced newspaper theme if your site build on wordpress. Thanks
Getting into Google News is not as easy as it used to be. Your site must meet a wide range of requirements such as. Multiple Authors (4-5 Min) 3 Digits in your Url At least 3 months of posts (100+) You must post 3-4 Times a day ALL posts must be newsworhty and thats just a few of the requirements. Approval time has also changed from 7 days to upto 1 month. Google are having a real clamp down on all the spam sites. As for the WSO mentioned above, that is now useless as it explains how to cheat your way into Google news and the Google News team know about the ebook.