The company was conceived as DBC Online by Data Broadcasting Corp. in the fall of 1995.[2] The marketwatch.com domain name was registered on July 30, 1997.[3] The website launched on October 30, 1997, as a 50/50 joint venture between DBC and CBS News run by Larry Kramer[2] and with Thom Calandra as editor-in-chief.[4]
In January 2004, Calandra resigned amidst allegations of insider trading.[4] In January 2005, Dow Jones & Company acquired the company for $528 million, or $18 per share.[8]
In May 2016, MarketWatch hired Dan Shar as general manager[9] In October 2020, MarketWatch announced that it would become a paywalled subscription-based publication, in order to "raise the ambitions of our journalism".[10] Mark DeCambre was named editor in chief on March 21, 2022.[11]
^"Mark DeCambre named new editor in chief of MarketWatch". marketwatch.com. March 17, 2022.
^ abcKramer, Larry (October 30, 2017). "The history of MarketWatch: How a sports data startup became a half-billion-dollar financial news site". Marketwatch.
^"Whois Record for MarketWatch.com". Domain Tools.
^O'Shea, Chris (July 10, 2012). "David Callaway, MarketWatch Editor, Named USA Today EIC". Adweek.
^"Joint Venture Agreement – Financial Times Group Ltd., MarketWatch.com Inc., Pearson Internet Holdings BV and Pearson Overseas Holdings Ltd". June 19, 2000.
^"FT Marketwatch Appoints Managing Editor". Pearson plc. March 20, 2000.
^"Mark DeCambre named new editor in chief of MarketWatch". MarketWatch. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
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