Have you verified the ownership of the site in Bing webmaster first? Once you have verified ownership, click on the Bing Pubhub on the left menu in Bing webmaster. It will take you to a new page where the verified site will show up. There you can request inclusion.
Here's my opinion on few of your questions:
2. You can certainly post non-news stuff as well, but make sure you only include only news in your G NEWS Sitemap. Also, when you apply for approval, make sure you point out your new and non-news content.
3. Yes.
4. It is better to showcase a small...
Yes if you have any authority site that has been active for years, then Google News approval is definitely not hard. But if bloggers or freelancers who have just started out, then getting one already approved isn't that bad an option.
Have you managed to get your site approved? If not then explore the option of buying an already approved domain. That will actually save you lot of time and money. You just have to spend a little extra upfront, but then all your articles will be indexed in google news from day one.
Why not buy a google news approved site instead? Chances are you might not get a domain name of your liking, but if someone can give you options, you can go for the one that best suites your requirement. We have done that in the past and it definitely is worth a one time investment rather than...
I have had blackhatworld.com on my list of sites to be member of since about 3 years now. Finally I have managed to find the time to become a member and contribute actively!!
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