TheStreet’s Feuerstein is the most-feared journalist in biotech
Rebecca Robbins of STAT profiles TheStreet.com biotech reporter Adam Feuerstein. Robbins writes, “He digs deep into the science to take down companies that he believes overhype their drugs, distort their data, or make ridiculously grandiose promises. “And then he takes to Twitter to have a little fun. Feuerstein has called biotech CEOs ‘dumbass,’ ‘douche canoe,’ and […]
TheStreet seeks tech reporter
TheStreet is seeking a technology reporter who will be responsible for reporting and writing on corporations within the technology sector by utilizing their in-depth knowledge of the latest technology trends. The reporter will be responsible to use multimedia platforms to complement stories, including the use of Web video, podcasts, graphics, photos and social media. This […]
TheStreet seeks homepage editor
TheStreet is seeking a homepage editor to run day-to-day programming and breaking business news coverage on our homepage. This role will interface with editors and other staff across the newsroom to create multimedia content. This person must have an innate sense of what is news. Responsibilities: • Monitor programming for business news coverage on homepage […]
TheStreet nominates board members, dismisses shareholder nominees
Financial news company TheStreet.com has nominated two board members, including interim chief executive officer Larry Kramer, to its board, dismissing two nominees from one of its shareholders. Kramer, former publisher of USA Today and founder of CBS Marketwatch, was named interim CEO earlier this year after the resignation of Elisabeth DeMarse. TheStreet also nominated Keith B. […]
TheStreet.com seeks weekend reporter
TheStreet.com, an award-winning financial media company, is seeking a Weekend Reporter to be based in New York who will be responsible for sourcing, developing, analyzing and writing news stories and features for financial news web sites and digital products. This role is a full-time position, with the work week schedule being flexible. Responsibilities: • Write […]
Tech editor of TheStreet.com is leaving
Chris Ciaccia, the tech editor of TheStreet.com, is leaving the financial news site for a job at Group SJR, a subsidiary of WPP. His last day is April 8. Group SJR is a digital consulting firm specializing in insights, content creation, curation and audience development. “I’m incredibly excited to join Group SJR and WPP at a […]
De Luna named president of TheStreet.com
Interim chief executive officer Larry Kramer of TheStreet.com sent out the following to the staff on Tuesday: Later today we are announcing the appointment of Margaret de Luna as President of TheStreet.com, which is the newly assembled Consumer Division of TheStreet Inc. Margaret spent more than a decade at MarketWatch where she directed product development […]
Activist hedge funds want to add Fenwick to TheStreet board
Two activist hedge funds that own a stake in TheStreet.com want the financial news company to add former Dow Jones and Bloomberg executive Lex Fenwick to its board, reports Keith Kelly of the New York Post. Kelly writes, “FiveT Capital and Spear Point Capital, two activist hedge funds that successfully lobbied for the ouster of CEO Elisabeth […]
TheStreet names Murphy its managing editor
Tara Murphy, who worked for TheStreet.com as a reporter more than 15 years ago, has been named its managing editor. Murphy is helping oversee construction that begin this month on a redesigned newsroom that will house the combined editorial teams for TheStreet and The Deal. For the past four years, Murphy has been running Katya Inc., […]
TheStreet to launch new version of website
Interim chief executive officer Larry Kramer spoke on the TheStreet.com’s fourth-quarter earnings call about the financial news site’s performance. Here are some excerpts: We’ve focused on growing our audience and producing more valuable content for our users and those efforts have paid off with rapidly growing page views and audience. Since arriving at TheStreet four months ago, […]
