SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketWatch.com (Nasdaq: MKTW)
(http://cbs.marketwatch.com), a leading Web-based financial news provider,
today announced Jean Atelsek joined the company as personal finance editor.
Atelsek, former executive editor of PC/Computing magazine, recently served as
producer for Money Matters on http://www.thirdage.com, a Web site for active
adults aged 50 and up. Atelsek will work with features managing editor Tom
Murphy and will coordinate the coverage, editing and display of personal
finance and consumer news on CBS MarketWatch.com's Getting Personal Section.
    Other key additions to the full-time staff of financial editors and
writers covering markets, companies and economies, include Barbara Kollmeyer
in the London Office and William L. Watts in the Washington D.C. office.
    "We're really on a roll. It is so tough to find top-notch financial
journalists who can report and edit fast financial news for online, radio and
TV viewers.  Our team is lightning quick and insightful, and we have some
terrific sources on Wall Street and Main Street" said Editor in Chief, Thom
Calandra.
    The former London bureau chief and European editor for Futures World News,
Barbara Kollmeyer brings seven years of financial reporting experience to
MarketWatch.com's London office.  Kollmeyer, working with London bureau chief
Suzanne Miller, covers the trading of ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) in
European markets.  Her work also follows large and small European companies,
mergers and acquisitions and the U.K. economy and capital markets.
    Joining the Washington bureau is William L. Watts, who will cover federal
agencies and issues related to investors' rights.  Watts is a veteran
financial journalist and spent seven years running the D.C. bureau of
Financial World News. Watts' stories will also examine antitrust issues and
follow companies in the Northeastern United States.
    Larry Kramer, CEO of MarketWatch.com, commented, "We are pleased to
welcome the newest members of our team.  We believe that the talent and
expertise of our journalists is indicative of our continued journalistic
success.  As we continue to grow, we will seek to continue to provide our
readers with the high-quality, fast financial news that has made us a leader
in online news and information."

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NEWS WITH DAN RATHER, and CBS News' THIS MORNING. MarketWatch.com was launched
in 1997, as a joint venture between CBS Broadcasting Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS), and Data Broadcasting Corporation,
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D.C., Los Angeles, Tokyo and London.

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