TheStreet investor calls for CEO resignation, board seats
Spear Point Capital Management, which owns 1.8 million shares, or 5.1 percent, of TheStreet.com, sent the following letter to the financial news company’s lead independent director on Wednesday: Board of Directors TheStreet, Inc. 14 Wall Street, 15th Floor New York, New York 10005 Attention: Mark Walsh, Lead Independent Director Re: Strategic Transactions, Replacement of CEO […]
TheStreet selects inaugural Jim Cramer fellows
The Street has launched its inaugural class for the Jim Cramer Business Journalism Fellowship. This is a six-month intensive journalism training program aimed at providing digital journalism training to early career professionals interested in business news. Jim Cramer fellows will work alongside The Street’s editorial team to create news and analysis on the markets and […]
Reuters hires Freed to cover banking
TheStreet.com reporter Dan Freed has been hired by Reuters to cover banking. He will start his new job on July 6. He will cover Bank of America and Wells Fargo. In an email to Talking Biz News, Freed said he will “miss being included in Gregg Greenberg’s Follies shorts but very excited to be in […]
TheStreet seeks corporate reporters
TheStreet, an award-winning financial media company recently named on Folio:’s list of Top Places to Work in Media, is seeking reporters who will be responsible for researching, reporting and writing stories covering major U.S. corporations. TheStreet expects applicants to be versed in multimedia, including the use of Web video, graphics and photos and to be […]
Cody Willard returns to TheStreet’s Real Money
Cody Willard, who was an anchor on Fox Business Network when it launched in 2007, is now writing regularly for TheStreet’s Real Money. Willard, who first wrote for Real Money in 2001 and 2002, wrote Thursday, “Clearly, much of my career’s success is due to TheStreet and Jim Cramer specifically and I’ve told Jim how […]
TheStreet seeks reporter for Speed Desk
TheStreet is seeking a business and financial news writer to provide real-time coverage to a sophisticated, investing audience. The news writer will be responsible for sifting through a high volume of financial information generated each day by corporations, lenders, government agencies, asset managers, debt/equity analysts and other financial news outlets to identify material of interest […]
TheStreet seeks tech reporter in San Francisco
TheStreet Inc., an award-winning financial media company recently named on Folio’s list of Top Places to Work in Media, is seeking a Technology Reporter in the San Francisco area, 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 […]
Kass: The problem with TV stock market pundits
Doug Kass of TheStreet.com writes about the problems with listening to stock market pundits who appear on business television. Kass writes, “The investment world and the media that cover it demand endless opinions that most people have limited information on. I describe this as being 3-miles wide and 1-inch deep. Sometimes the respondents just make […]
TheStreet putting Real Money behind metered paywall
TheStreet announced Wednesday that it’s putting its Real Money content behind a metered paywall similar to what is used by The New York Times and the Financial Times. The Real Money content, which is currently available only by subscription, will now be available to readers up to eight articles a month. Beyond that, Real Money […]
TheStreet to launch four new TV shows
TheStreet announced that it is launching four new shows to its video content. “At TheStreet TV, are the the only ones focused on purposeful viewing for investing and money. We focus solely on the needs of the investor community,” said Elisabeth DeMarse, chairman and CEO of TheStreet, in a statement. The shows include: “Disrupters,” a […]
