Short Take: CBS MarketWatch names editor in chief

CBS MarketWatch, the recently announced joint venture between CBS News and Data Broadcasting Corporation, has appointed Thom Calandra as editor in chief of MarketWatch.com, its financial "supersite." Calandra, who helped develop and launch DBC's DBC News, will direct the company's news operation and will oversee its expansion into new media outlets, specifically radio and television.

Nov. 25, 1997 4:55 p.m. PT

, the recently announced joint venture between CBS News and Data Broadcasting Corporation, has appointed Thom Calandra as editor in chief of MarketWatch.com, its financial "supersite." Calandra, who helped develop and launch DBC's DBC News, will direct the company's news operation and will oversee its expansion into new media outlets, specifically radio and television.