CBS MarketWatch Receives Eppy Award For ``Best Internet Business Service,'' The Latest In A Succession of Honors.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:MKTW), a leading multimedia source of business news and information, today announced that its CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch news service was honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. as the "Best Internet Business Service" last week in the 2003 Editor & Publisher "Eppy" Awards. The award is the latest in a succession of honors for the financial news site. CBS MarketWatch placed first among four finalists. Two of the other three, FT.com and USATODAY.com, use MarketWatch.com data and tools on their Web sites. The Eppy is the fourth award received by CBS MarketWatch in the past month for its news and information services See Information Systems. . The other honors were: -- A "Best in Business" award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW SABEW Society of American Business Editors and Writers, Inc. ) for a special report last fall, called "Capitalism's Crossroads," which examined the state of American business amid the corporate accounting scandals, Wall Street corruption probes, and one year after 9/11. -- Named "Best Real Estate Web Site" for the second year by the National Association of Real Estate Editors. CBS MarketWatch real estate editor Steve Kerch also placed second in the competition for best story. -- News editor August Cole was named to the "30 Under 30" list of the nations most influential business journalists under 30 years of age by The Journal of Financial Reporters. This was the second year that Cole was named to the list. "We are tremendously excited by the Eppy Award and all of the honors we've received this year," said David Callaway, editor-in-chief at CBS MarketWatch. "They are important milestones in our quest to give our readers the fastest and most in-depth business journalism Business journalism is the branch of journalism that tracks, records, analyses and interprets the economic changes that take place in a society. It could include anything from personal finance, to business at the local market to the malls, to performance of well-known and on the Web." About MarketWatch.com, Inc. MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:MKTW) is a leading multimedia source of business news and information. Founded in 1997, the Company operates two award-winning Web sites, CBS MarketWatch and BigCharts. The Company produces the syndicated CBS MarketWatch Weekend program, airs financial reports over The CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. , and provides updates every 30 minutes on the MarketWatch.com Radio Network. MarketWatch.com licenses market news, investment analysis tools and sophisticated charting applications to financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms and media companies. The Company also offers subscription products for individual investors, including the Hulbert Financial Digest Hulbert Financial Digest A monthly newsletter devoted to information about investment advisory letters. The publication includes a top-five ranking of advisory letters during short and extended periods, along with commentary and detailed . |
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