MarketWatch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, has been honored with a 2005 EPpy 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 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 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.

Learn more: Contact Nicole C. Pyhel at nicole.pyhel@dowjones.com