Most-Visited Financial News and Information Domain*
Is EPpy Award Finalist for 'Best Overall Non-Newspaper Online Service'
And Codie Award Finalist for 'Best Online Financial News Web Site'
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS MarketWatch.com, the Internet's
most visited financial news and information domain*, has just been named as a
finalist for two key industry awards.
CBS MarketWatch.com has been recognized as a finalist in the category of
"Best Overall Non-Newspaper Online Service" for the 2001 EPpy Awards,
sponsored by Editor & Publisher Magazine (E&P). The financial news site has
also been selected as one of five finalists in the category of "Best Online
Financial News Web Site" for the 2001 Codie Awards, presented by the
Software & Information Industry Association.
"We are thrilled to be recognized by these two highly-esteemed
organizations," said Larry Kramer, Chairman & CEO of MarketWatch.com, Inc.
"They are a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team at
CBS MarketWatch.com."
Nearly 400 entries were submitted for this year's EPpy awards, which for
the past six years have honored achievement in the software and information
industry. Winners will be announced this Friday, February 23rd, at
Editor & Publisher's 12th Annual Interactive Newspaper Conference and Trade
Show in Dallas.
More than 750 online products and online services are competing for this
year's Codie Awards, whose winners will be announced March 12th during the
Software Industry & Information Association's 2001 Annual Conference in
San Diego.
*Source - Nielsen//NetRatings, December 2000, Unique Audience - Domain
Category: Finance/Insurance/Investment SubCategory: Financial News &
Information. Panel Type: Home and Work.
About MarketWatch.com, Inc.
MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTW), a leading interactive financial
media company, provides fast, relevant information via the Internet,
television, radio and print to help people make and save money. The Company
operates leading financial Internet Web sites at http://cbs.marketwatch.com
and http://www.bigcharts.com, and, in a joint venture with the Financial Times
Group Limited, launched its first international site in June 2000 at
http://www.ftmarketwatch.com . MarketWatch.com's financial news and tools are
licensed in custom-designed formats by major brokerages and Internet sites.
The Company produces CBS MarketWatch Weekend, covering more than 80% of the
U.S. on 131 CBS television stations, and daily economic reports on
CBS Television and Radio Network news programming. The MarketWatch.com
financial news reports, distributed by Westwood One, are heard in the
top 10 U.S. markets on 154 stations. In addition, MarketWatch.com provides
print content for the Daily News Express, a daily commuter newspaper edition
of the New York Daily News, and the new San Francisco Examiner.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in San Francisco, MarketWatch.com has
facilities and bureaus in New York City, Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,
Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Tokyo,
Hong Kong and London. The MarketWatch.com Web sites are ranked the number one
financial news destination, according to Media Metrix and Nielsen Netratings.
SOURCE MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Dan Silmore of MarketWatch.com, Inc.,
415-733-0582, or dsilmore@marketwatch.com; or Elizabeth Ames of
BOLDE Communications, 212-727-1680, or eames@boldepr.com, for
MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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