SAN FRANCISCO, May 29, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- MarketWatch, an innovator in business news, personal finance information and investment tools, has received the EPpy Award for best business Web site with more than 1 million unique monthly visitors. MarketWatch also won in this category in 2005 and 2003. The EPpy Awards, presented on May 24 at the Interactive Newspaper Conference and Trade Show in Miami, are co-sponsored by Editor & Publisher and MediaWeek magazines, and honor the best Web sites in media, including newspapers, TV-cable and magazines.
The award is the latest of several recent honors that MarketWatch has received in recognition of its high-quality reporting and commentary:
-- MarketWatch editor-in-chief David Callaway received a Best in
Business Award, Real-Time News Organization, for his columns from
the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). This
is the second year in a row SABEW has recognized Callaway with this
award.
-- Herb Greenberg's Market Blog
(http://blogs.marketwatch.com/greenberg) was recognized with a
Codie Award for Best Financial Blog. The Codie Awards were
established by the Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA) in 1986 to identify the leaders and innovators in the
software, digital content and education technology industries.
-- Amy Hoak, a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch, was honored
with a "30 Under 30" Award in April. Administered by the TJFR
Group/NewsBios, the "30 Under 30" Awards recognize up-and-coming
business writers.
-- Alistair Barr, financial reporter for MarketWatch, was named a
finalist in the Online Content Category of the 2007 Gerald Loeb
Awards for his article "Who Are the Short Sellers?" Winners will
be announced in June.
"These awards reinforce that MarketWatch is not only the fastest and largest provider of original financial news and tools on the Internet, but also stands tall among its peers in terms of deep, analytical reporting and commentary. We're all very excited," said Callaway.
About MarketWatch
MarketWatch, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, is a leading innovator in business news and commentary, personal finance information, and investment tools and data. Known for combining the latest new media technologies with timely market coverage, the Company generates more than 1,400 headlines, stories and market briefs a day from 100 journalists in 10 bureaus in the U.S., London and Hong Kong. In addition to operating two award-winning Web sites, MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com, as well as the stock market simulation site, VirtualStockExchange.com, MarketWatch provides radio updates every 30 minutes on the MarketWatch.com Radio Network and offers subscription products for individual investors, including the Hulbert Financial Digest suite of products, Retirement Weekly and ETF Trader. The Company's MarketWatch Licensing Services group is a leading licensor of market news, data, investment analysis tools and other online applications to financial services firms, media companies, wireless carriers and Internet service providers.
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