Arena Group hires Wang as VP of audience development

The Arena Group, the parent company of TheStreet.com, has hired Ting Wang as vice president of development. Wang had been head of audience development at Yahoo for the past 18 months. He joined Yahoo FInance in August 2018 as executive content supervisor. Wang previously worked at CNBC for 12 years. At CNBC, Wang oversaw original digital and […]

CoinDesk names Wang U.S. news editor

CoinDesk has appointed Nelson Wang as its U.S. news editor, East Coast. Previously, he worked as a consumer stocks editor and then as a tech stocks editor at TheStreet.com. Previously, he was a business and personal finance editor at Yahoo Finance, and a senior editor at CBS MoneyWatch. He was also a senior editor, Portfolio.com […]

TheStreet.com hires Bodley to oversee crypto coverage

TheStreet.com has hired Michael Bodley to oversee its crypto coverage and be the editorial lead for its new Crypto Investor newsletter. Bodley previously was a senior writer for Hedge Fund Alert, writing about new funds, performance, service providers and personnel moves. He was a breaking news fellow at the San Francisco Chronicle and a business reporting intern […]

Tech columnist Jhonsa departs The Street

Tech columnist Eric Jhonsa is leaving The Street. He had been there since June 2016. “I’ll still be doing some columns as a RealMoney contributor, as well as earnings live blogs for TheStreet,” he wrote on Twitter. “But I wanted to give myself the chance to do some new things.” Jhonsa previously handled Seeking Alpha’s tech news […]

Investors seek changes in TheStreet parent

Two investors in The Maven Inc., the parent of financial news site TheStreet.com, sent the following letter to the company requesting that the board of directors be replaced: November 24, 2020 theMaven, Inc. 225 Liberty Street, 27th Floor New York, NY 10281 Attention: Board of Directors Ladies and Gentlemen, As has been discussed with a number […]

TheStreet parent received PPP loan

The parent company of TheStreet Inc., a financial news website co-founded by media personality Jim Cramer, received a $5.7 million loan as part of a program aimed at helping U.S. small businesses weather the pandemic, reports Matt Townsend of Bloomberg News. Townsend reports, “The loan was included in documents released by the federal government on Monday chronicling […]

Maven, Cramer partner on TheStreet video channel

Maven is set to launch a new TheStreet video channel featuring single subject clips in partnership with Jim Cramer’s Cramer Digital, reports Melynda Fuller of Publishers Daily. Fuller reports, “TheStreet-branded channel, which lives on StreetLightning.io, features free, quick-hit 90-second videos focused on news, markets and trends in stocks, economic policy and industry sectors. The show is hosted by […]

Business journalist Mont dies after health problems

Business journalist Joe Mont, who worked for Compliance Week and TheStreet.com, has died. A Compliance Week story states, “He was an award-winning journalist who was twice ranked on Assent’s ‘Top 100 Conflict Minerals Influence Leaders’ list. “A graduate of Suffolk University, he began his 26-year journalism career at the TAB Newspapers, then became Editor in […]

Jim Cramer, TheStreet launch Bull Market fantasy channel

TheStreet, a division of Maven, is teaming up with Sports Illustrated Fantasy to launch Bull Market Fantasy with CNBC’s Jim Cramer. The channel, hosted on www.bullmarketmoney.com, will offer key insights, analysis, and tips for participating in fantasy sports. Users will also be able to share ideas with the online community and ask questions of Cramer […]

Deal for TheStreet closes, Cramer to continue

Maven closed its acquisition of TheStreet Inc. on Thursday for $16.5 million in cash. As part of the closing, Maven and TheStreet co-founder Jim Cramer announced a new partnership between TheStreet and Cramer Digital, a new production company featuring the digital rights and content created by Cramer and his team. The partnership will allow Cramer […]