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Marshall Loeb Moves to the Internet from Columbia Journalism Review

BY KIM BROCKWAY

Marshall Loeb, editor of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), has decided to leave that position in order to expand his role in Internet journalism, becoming both a daily columnist for CBS Marketwatch.com (NASDAQ: MKTW) and a regular columnist for Quicken.com. He will oversee the upcoming September/October issue of CJR before beginning his new position.

"I salute Marshall for the extraordinarily effective job he has done in enhancing the quality, scope and influence of the Columbia Journalism Review," said Tom Goldstein, dean of the Columbia Journalism School. "As editor for three years, he transformed the magazine, lifting it by a whole dimension. We will surely miss him, but we understand the lure of these irresistible opportunities for him."

Loeb said, "I am confident that the Columbia Journalism Review is poised for significant advance. In the future it will only improve its position as the premier champion and critic of American journalism." Loeb is a former managing editor of Fortune and Money magazines and a former business and economy editor of Time.

At CBS Marketwatch.com, Loeb will write a daily column on personal finance, the stock market and the economy. He will also do special reports for the CBS Marketwatch Radio Network. In addition, he will write a regular column on retirement investing for Quicken.com.

Loeb will continue to be associated with Columbia Journalism Review as a regular columnist writing about magazines. "We are very pleased that Marshall is staying in the CJR family," said David Laventhol, the magazine's publisher. "His column should provide unique insights about magazine journalism."

Goldstein said that Laventhol would assume the additional title and responsibilities of editorial director, overseeing the editorial content of the magazine during a transition period. CJR, founded in 1961, remains true to its founding mission of improving and elevating journalism. Highlights from recent issues include a survey of journalists' opinions of the profession's handling of the White House scandal; how computer-assisted reporting is changing journalism; and a resource guide for reporters covering the complex world of managed health care. Stories from the most recent print version of CJR are added regularly to its Web site, www.cjr.org.