Marketwatch.com names Linnane to oversee investing/corporate news coverage

Marketwatch.com editor in chief Glenn Hall sent out the following announcement on Monday:

I am pleased to announce that Ciara Linnane will be returning to MarketWatch to oversee our investing/corporate news coverage.

As many of you know, Ciara was part of the MarketWatch team from 2003-2007, serving as both markets editor and co-bureau chief in New York.

Ciara later joined Thomson Reuters, where she served in several senior leadership roles in the intervening years, including as editor in charge of credit news, as global editor for the IFR group which specializes in real-time market commentary and analysis, and most recently as managing editor for Thomson Reuters Deal Group.

Her career also includes international experience at AFX and Bloomberg News, where our paths briefly crossed when we both worked at Bloomberg’s bureau in Frankfurt, Germany.

I am excited about the opportunity to work with Ciara again, and I am confident we will all benefit from her deep financial knowledge as well as her straight-forward style and joie de vivre.

Ciara will be based in New York and her first day will be March 31.

After Ciara joins us in New York, Steve Goldstein will be able to focus on leading our coverage of the biggest story in America — the midterm elections that may reshape the political landscape and the regulatory environment once again. We will be working to put a unique MarketWatch stamp on the election coverage, and Steve will lead cross-team efforts to ensure we have a full 360-degree approach.

I want to thank Steve for providing thoughtful, steady leadership during this interim period, and I also want to say how excited I am about working with him on new strategies for our political and economic coverage.