MarketWatch Wins EPpy Award for 'Best Internet Business Service over 1 Million' Unique Monthly Users

Business Wire, June 9, 2005

NEW YORK -- MarketWatch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, today announced that it was honored with a 2005 EPpy(TM) Award for "Best Internet Business Service Over 1 Million" unique monthly users. MarketWatch also won in this category in 2003. This award, presented by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek, recognizes the best media work by media companies.

MarketWatch is a leading provider of business and investing news, personal finance information and analytical tools. It operates two award-winning Web sites--MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com--as well as the stock market simulation site, VirtualStockExchange.com.

"We are both excited and honored to win an EPpy(TM) in this category," said Todd Larsen, president, Consumer Electronic Publishing, Dow Jones & Company. "The fact that we won in this category shows that MarketWatch continues to be the premier site that provides leading business news, financial information and analytical tools to financial news seekers."

The 2005 EPpy(TM) Awards competition is expressly designed to honor Internet sites that are affiliated with the media industry, especially newspapers, television networks and affiliates, radio networks, syndicated shows, local radio stations, and magazines. The nominees are judged by a prestigious panel of media experts who dedicate many days to the evaluation and ranking of dozens of nominated Web sites.

About MarketWatch, Inc.

MarketWatch, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company and is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools. The Company operates two award-winning Web sites, MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com, as well as the stock market simulation site, VirtualStockExchange.com. The Company produces the syndicated MarketWatch Weekend television program and provides radio updates every 30 minutes on the MarketWatch.com Radio Network. MarketWatch also offers subscription products for individual investors, including the Hulbert Financial Digest suite of products, Retirement Weekly and ETF Trader. The Company's MarketWatch Information 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.