Bitcoin Block Explorer has offered RSS feeds for a long time. Like this:
http://blockexplorer.com/rssa/1Cvvr8AsCfbbVQ2xoWiFD1Gb2VRbGsEf28.xmlThere are several RSS-to-email services you can use if you want an email instead.
For market data, it would be pretty easy to set up an RSS interface to the Bitcoin Charts Markets API. I'd write one (but not host it) for 50 BTC.