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How many of our customers have had their site approved for Google News submission?

Note that a Google News sitemap isn't a requirement for being on Google News, but for a Google News sitemap to have any effect you would need to be included in their news index.

[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/7526416[/URL]

If there are a significant number of customers who require it, then we'd consider it. But otherwise I don't believe it would be worth it.