Monthly biz magazine to launch in New Orleans

A New Orleans publishing company plans to launch a monthly business magazine for the city called Biz New Orleans.

The first issue will be in October. A related daily blog page and email newsletter will launch prior to the print edition in September.

“New Orleans needs a great business magazine and now it will have one,” said Todd Matherne, chief executive officer of Renaissance Publishing, in a statement.

Renaissance Publishing also publishes New Orleans Magazine, New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles, St. Charles Avenue, Louisiana Life, New Orleans Bride and Acadiana Profile.

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.