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MSNBC names new biz editor

MSNBC.com has named Martin Wolk as the business editor for the site.

Wolk has covered the stock market, the tech industry and the economy for the Web site, the online home of NBC News product, since joining from Reuters in 1999. In a pre-digital age, he worked as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers in Ohio and North Carolina.

He also writes an award-winning business news column for the site, Eye on the Economy.

“His contributions to our business coverage have been critical to our success,” says sections Deputy Editor Danny DeFreitas.

Wolk was the 2006 Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ “Best in Business” winner for a column written by a real time news organization.

See the short story on Broadcasting & Cable here.

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