Published: February 10, 2005

eMarketer Names Former WSJ Editor, Ezra Palmer, as Editorial Director

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Research aggregator eMarketer announced today that Ezra Palmer, one of the founding editors of the Wall Street Journal's online edition, WSJ.com, has joined the company as Editorial Director.

"Ezra is a proven newsroom leader," said eMarketer CEO Geoff Ramsey. "He not only brings significant editorial expertise to eMarketer, but strategic vision and industry insights. Ezra is a significant addition to our team and we are pleased to have him on board."

Palmer, 45, joined the Wall Street Journal in 1987 and was named the newspaper's night editor in 1992. In 1995 he helped launch WSJ.com, where he served as assistant managing editor. Among other roles at the Journal and its parent company, Dow Jones, Palmer managed the Dow Jones Business News newswire and wrote the front-page news digest, "What's News - Business and Finance."

"This is a great time to be joining eMarketer," said Palmer. "The analysts come at their jobs like journalists -- aggregating and organizing a huge amount of data and information, then boiling it down to provide concise, insightful analysis. I look forward to working closely with the analysts and being part of the team."

About eMarketer

eMarketer, the world's leading aggregator of e-business and Internet statistics, provides objective market projections and analysis to online professionals in more than 140 countries nationwide. eMarketer's eStat Database is the most comprehensive compilation of up-to-date e-business and online marketing statistics in the world. For more information, visit http://www.emarketer.com.

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