Providence Biz News pauses print edition

The Providence Business News is pausing the printing of its physical print product and will publish its weekly paper online as a digital edition.

A story on its website states, “This marks the first time in the 34-year history of the paper that a print edition has not been mailed out to readers. The action is a response to the health-emergency crisis caused by COVID-19, as well the economic pressures that have accompanied the disease.

“The paper’s subscriber-only content is also temporarily free for access.

“This week’s e-edition is available to view here.

“‘The governor has asked everyone to work remotely, and in order to continue to get our information out to those who need it, we are sending it to where they are, versus where they can’t get it,’ said PBN Publisher Roger Bergenheim. Many of the paper’s print editions are mailed to offices that are now closed in response to the COVID-19 threat.”

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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.