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MarketWatch, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, is a leading innovator in business news, personal finance information, real-time commentary and investment tools and data. 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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Dow Jones' Garage Sale Continues, Sells Online Financial Solutions Unit To IDC
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- 2009-11-24
Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) has sold its Online Financial Solutions business to IDC, in the latest of a continued string of divestitures. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close within a few weeks, wasn’t disclosed. The OFS assets were formerly part of MarketWatch Licensing Services, before DJ...
Reporter's ethical lapse sullies journalism.(Editorial)
- 2007-04-16
Week in and week out, InvestmentNews uses this space and the Monday Morning column to challenge financial services firms and their leaders to do what is in the best interests of the investor. We sound the alarm when a business or an...
Former Executive of MarketWatch and Reuters Joins Stockgroup
- 2006-06-01
Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. (OTCBB: SWEB)(TSX VENTURE: SWB) announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael Donnelly as VP Sales. Mr. Donnelly is a former executive of MarketWatch and Reuters America, two giants in the financial media technology industry. Mr. Donnelly brings to Stockgroup over fifteen years of senior management...
Former Executive of MarketWatch and Reuters Joins Stockgroup.
- 2006-06-01
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Jun 1, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. (OTCBB:SWEB)(TSX VENTURE:SWB) announced today the appointment of Mr. Michael Donnelly as VP Sales. Mr. Donnelly is a former executive of MarketWatch and Reuters America, two giants in the financial media technology...
MarketWatch Announces New Consumer Editor, Hong Kong Bureau Chief
- 2006-01-30
NEW YORK -- MarketWatch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) and a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools, today announced that it has hired a new senior editor in charge of its consumer reporting coverage, as well as a correspondent in...
MarketWatch Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger
- 2005-01-19
SAN FRANCISCO -- MarketWatch, Inc. (Nasdaq:MKTW), a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools, today announced that at a special meeting of stockholders held on January 19, 2005, MarketWatch's stockholders approved the terms and conditions of the proposed merger of MarketWatch into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow...
Viacom aims to buy rest of MarketWatch
- 2004-11-05
Viacom will bid on MarketWatch, operator of the CBS MarketWatch financial news site, to acquire the 77.7% it doesn't already own, according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. News of Viacom's interest in the auction for MarketWatch sent the company's stock up $1.47, or 10%,...
StockTIPS, Nokia, CBS MarketWatch and DBC Launch Integrated Seamless Financial Tracking Package
- 1998-12-15
SAN ANTONIO--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 14, 1998--StockTIPS announced today it has launched an all-in-one alerting service and financial news package with Nokia (NYSE:NOKA), CBS MarketWatch and Data Broadcasting Corporation (NASDAQ:DBCC). MarketWatch is a joint venture between CBS Inc. (NYSE:CBS) and Data Broadcasting Corporation. StockTIPS utilizes content from CBS MarketWatch and DBC.
CBS launches new 'Net service. (CBS News and Data Broadcasting Corp form CBS MarketWatch)(Brief Article)
- 1997-11-03
CBS News and Data Broadcasting Corp. have formed a joint Internet venture called CBS MarketWatch to provide detailed financial news and information to individual investors. DBC's existing financial Website, DBC Online (recently rated the second-best investment Website by Barrons), will be...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Chris Oliver | Asia Bureau Chief |
| David Callaway | Editor-in-Chief |
| Irwin Kellner | Chief Economist |
| Rex Nutting | Washington Bureau Chief |
| Steven Goldstein | London Bureau Chief |
| John Batter | Vice President |
| Jim Bernard | General Manager, MarketWatch.com |
| Maria Molland | General Manager, Marketwatch.com |
| Tina Leong | General Manager, News Operations |
| Jeff Davis | Executive Vice President & General Manager |
| Dan Gallagher | Leader, Technology Team |
| Herb Greenberg | Senior Columnist |
| John Wordock | Broadcast Correspondent |
| Julie Bennett Iannuzzi | Senior Producer, MarketWatch Weekend |
| Larry Kofsky | Reporter, MarketWatch Radio |
| Steve Orr | Overnight Reporter |
| Abby Deveney | International Features Editor |
| Alexander Davis | Managing Editor |
| Andrea Coombes | Assistant Personal Finance Editor |
| Anne Stanley | Assistant Managing Editor, Enterprise |
| Barbara Kollmeyer | Global Markets Editor, Marketwatch.com |
| Chris Noble | Assistant Managing Editor, News |
| Greg Morcroft | Financial News Editor |
| Jonathan Burton | Investing Editor |
| Michelle Coffey | Copy Editor |
| Michelle Donley | New York Assignment Editor |
| Nick Godt | Markets Editor |
| Steve Kerch | Assistant Managing Editor and Personal Finance & Real-Estate Editor |
| Tom Bemis | Assistant Managing Editor and Commentary |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Asia Bureau Chief | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Editor-in-Chief | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Chief Economist | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Washington Bureau Chief | Current |
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Journalist | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | London Bureau Chief | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | General Manager, MarketWatch.com | Current |
| Dow Jones & Company, Inc. | Vice President, Strategy & Market Intelligence, DJ Enterprise Media Group | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | General Manager, Marketwatch.com | Current |
| Harvard Business School | MBA | Former |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor’s Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | General Manager, News Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Executive Vice President & General Manager | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Leader, Technology Team | Current |
Herb Greenberg is senior columnist for MarketWatch. He joined MarketWatch after six years as senior columnist for TheStreet.com. He previously spent 10 years as a six-day-a-week business columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he was named a finalist in the Gerald R. Loeb Award for Financial Journalism for his coverage of the fraud surrounding Media Vision. He has appeared on various CNBC and Fox News Channel shows and PBS' Wall Street Week with Fortune. Until late 2003, Greenberg also wrote Fortune magazine's "Against the Grain" column, which specialized in tilting against Wall Street's conventional wisdom. Before that, he was the New York financial correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, joining the Tribune's New York bureau from its Chicago newsroom, where he covered the food and restaurant industries. Greenberg has also worked for Crain's Chicago Business, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Amusement Business, and the Boca Raton News. Greenberg holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Miami.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Senior Columnist | Current |
| Minyanville Corp | Senior Columnist for Marketwatch | Current |
| Tribune Company | Correspondent | Former |
| TheStreet.com, Inc. | Columnist | Former |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Columnist | Former |
| Amusement Business | Former | |
| Boca Raton News, Inc. | Former | |
| University of Miami | Bachelor's Degree In Journalism | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Broadcast Correspondent | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Senior Producer, MarketWatch Weekend | Current |
| WCBS-TV | Executive Producer | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Reporter, MarketWatch Radio | Current |
| CNBC | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Overnight Reporter | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | International Features Editor | Current |
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Journalist, Japan | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Managing Editor | Current |
| CBS Marketwatch | Senior News Editor, DBC News (CBS) | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Assistant Personal Finance Editor | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Assistant Managing Editor, Enterprise | Current |
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Reporter and Editor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Global Markets Editor, Marketwatch.com | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Assistant Managing Editor, News | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Financial News Editor | Current |
| Reuters Group plc | Financial Editor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Investing Editor | Current |
| Far Eastern Economic Review | Reporter | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Copy Editor | Current |
| Contra Costa Times | Deputy Business Editor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | New York Assignment Editor | Current |
| Dow Jones & Company, Inc. | Assistant News Editor, Dow Jones Interactive | Former |
| TheStreet.com, Inc. | Managing Editor, Real Money Commentary | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Markets Editor | Current |
| TheStreet.com, Inc. | Popular Markets Writer and Columnist | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Assistant Managing Editor and Personal Finance & Real-Estate Editor | Current |
| Chicago Tribune Company | Real-Estate Group Editor | Former |
| Chicago Tribune Company | Reporter and Editor | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| MarketWatch, Inc. | Assistant Managing Editor and Commentary | Current |
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