Top Financial Content Provider for 10th Straight Month
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketWatch.com, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MKTW) today cited Media Metrix August results to demonstrate its Web
properties' strong hold on the position of most popular Internet destinations
for financial news and information.
The report shows MarketWatch.com properties with a World Wide Web reach of
6.2%, a 13% improvement over July's reach of 5.5%. MarketWatch.com sites
recorded 4.77 million unique users in August, 13% over July's 4.23 million.
Additionally, the sites' at-work-only reach is up to 8.6% for August. The
MarketWatch.com sites' totals were again the highest among providers dedicated
primarily to the delivery of financial news and information for the tenth
consecutive month.
"What our August traffic numbers confirm is a solid track record of
serving a fast-growing market for financial information on the Internet," said
MarketWatch.com Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Kramer. "We
continue to reach the broader audience of people interested in all facets of
their finances. People are coming because we are helping them to make and save
money in any fiscal environment, whether the market is up or down."
The MarketWatch.com properties' August reach of 6.2% of the total web
audience compares to the reach of these financial news competitors:
CNNfn.com, 2%; CNBC.com, 1.6%; Bloomberg.com, 1.4%; The Street.com, 1.4%; and
WSJ.com, 1.0%.
About MarketWatch.com, Inc.
MarketWatch.com, a leading interactive financial media company provides
fast, relevant information via the Internet, television and radio to help
people make and save money. The Company operates leading financial Internet
websites at http://cbs.marketwatch.com and http://www.bigcharts.com. and, in a
joint venture with the Financial Times of London, launched its first
international site 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, scheduled on
117 CBS television stations this fall. The MarketWatch.com editorial staff
also provides daily business and economic reports on CBS Television and Radio
Network news programming. MarketWatch.com's financial news radio network is
heard on 106 stations. 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.CBS MarketWatch.com is the most popular
Internet destination for business and financial news and information according
to the latest data from the research firm Media Metrix.
SOURCE MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Elizabeth Ames of MarketWatch.com, Inc.,
212-517-6484, or mobile, 917-721-6277, or e_ames@yahoo.com
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