Categories: OLD Media Moves

Chicago Tribune starts e-mail biz news service

The Chicago Tribune announced Thursday that it will begin a business news service that will distribute the latest headlines and information to its readers via e-mail.

The announcement stated, “Today’s business world demands that you stay informed each moment of the workday, and the Chicago Tribune and chicagotribune.com now have made it easier.

“Introducing the Chicago Tribune’s BizWrap, a free bulletin of business news delivered to your e-mail every weekday shortly after the closing bell.

“In addition to the most complete news and market updates, BizWrap delivers links to a full array of Tribune features to help you manage and enhance your life and work, such as traffic updates, entertainment news, restaurant reviews, Tom Skilling’s expert weather forecast and more. Sign up today at chicagotribune.com/bizwrap.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.