The Deal seeks small-cap M&A reporter

The Deal is seeking an experienced business journalist to cover deal-making by small-cap, publicly traded companies. The person in this position will be expected to follow market trends and provide sophisticated analysis that will be useful to a readership of investment bankers, attorneys, money managers and other market professionals. The ideal candidate will: Be able […]

TheStreet hires consumer editor, tech reporter

TheStreet.com has hired Nelson Wang, who recently joined the team as consumer editor, and Rebecca Borison, who joined as technology reporter. Both are based out of TheStreet’s headquarters on Wall Street. Wang, who served as senior editor at TheStreet.com over 13 years ago, rejoins the editorial team with a focus on consumer, restaurant and retail […]

Cramer accused of what he has accused others of doing

Steven Davidoff Solomon writes for the New York Times’ Dealbook about TheStreet.com co-founder Jim Cramer, who has been accused by a large investor of the financial news site of not paying enough attention to it. Solomon writes, “Instead of taking compensation in stock, something executives do to align their pay with performance and their interests […]

Investor downplays criticism of Cramer

The investor who owns 8.9 percent of TheStreet.com and who wants co-founder Jim Cramer to either sell the financial news service or quit his job at CNBC to focus on TheStreet downplayed his letter to Cramer, reports Ed Hammond of The Financial Times. Hammond writes, “However, the activist said on Thursday that his preferred option […]

Investor to Cramer: Resign from CNBC and reduce your salary, or sell TheStreet.com

Carlo Cannell, the head of Cannell Capital in Jackson, Wyoming, owns 8.95 percent of TheStreet.com. He has sent the following letter to TheStreet.com co-founder Jim Cramer, who also appears on CNBC as host of “Mad Money”: Mr. James J. Cramer Director TheStreet, Inc. 14 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 Cannell Capital LLC – that […]

Greenberg leaving TheStreet.com

Business journalist Herb Greenberg, who rejoined TheStreet.com in August 2013, announced Friday that he will be leaving the financial news site again at the end of the year. On Facebook, Greenberg wrote, “At the end of the year I’ll be leaving TheStreet to join forensic accountant Donn Vickrey and investigative research analyst John Bossler at […]

TheStreet CEO: We pay for journalists to become certified in Google Analytics

TheStreet.com chief executive officer Elisabeth DeMarse spoke Monday night at the Knight-Bagehot Fellows dinner at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Here is an excerpt: I meet with many reporters, and many times the person says, “I just want to report the news; my job is just to give the facts, not explain it or […]

WaPo’s Pearlstein didn’t intend to disparage TheStreet’s Feuerstein

Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein has sent the following letter to TheStreet.com editor in chief Janet Guyon in the wake of his Sept. 27 column that was critical of TheStreet reporter Adam Feuerstein: Dear Janet and Adam, I understand from your letter, which was posted on your website, that you read my Sept. 27 […]

TheStreet CEO: Business journalism will be a growth area forever

Elisabeth DeMarse, chairman and CEO of the financial news operation TheStreet Inc., was named Thursday to the board of directors of AppNexus, the world’s largest independent ad tech company. Prior to joining TheStreet, DeMarse successfully led a variety of U.S. and international financial information and technology businesses, often guiding them through important phases of company […]

TheStreet names new contributors editor

Jeremy Greenfield has joined TheStreet.com’s editorial team as the new contributors editor. Cherella Cox, who has served as chief editor of contributors and newsletters since 2013 has been named copy chief of contributors, newsletters and training. Greenfield comes to TheStreet from Digital Book World, where he spent three years as editorial director. There, he developed […]