Confusing coverage of Yahoo
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs comments Wednesday about the contradictory coverage of Internet portal Yahoo.
TheStreet.com responds strongly to libel lawsuit from Generex
Felix Salmon of Reuters likes how TheStreet.com and senior columnist Adam Feuerstein responded to being hit with a $250 million libel lawsuit by Canadian company Generex. Salmon writes, “The story begins on March 19, when Feuerstein wrote a ‘Biotech Stock Mailbag’ column in which he explains why Generex ‘is a total bust.’ Generex wasn’t happy about that, […]
The contradictory iPad coverage
TheStreet.com media critic Marek Fuchs comments Tuesday on coverage of Apple’s new iPad, which hasn’t been consistent.
SEC investigates TheStreet.com
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating TheStreet.com for how it recorded revenues from a subsidiary, according to a Reuters story. The story states, “The company, founded by television personality and former hedge fund manager Jim Cramer, made the announcement in a form it sent to the SEC in which it asked for more time […]
TheStreet.com reports smaller fourth-quarter, larger fiscal year loss
TheStreet.com reported Monday that it lost money in the fourth quarter that was less than the same quarter a year ago, but its loss for the year was wider than 2008. A story on the financial news site’s page stated, “For the quarter, the company narrowed its adjusted loss to $767,865 compared to a loss of […]
Too much Buffett in biz media
Stanley Bing, the Fortune magazine columnist now contributing to TheStreet.com, writes about the oversaturation of billionaire investor Warren Buffett in the business media. Bing writes, “I read about him over the weekend in New York Magazine online, in regards to how funny he was in his rightly heralded annual letter. New York Magazine is a […]
TheStreet.com matches Cramer pledge for Morrow memorial fund
TheStreet.com announced Friday that it will donate $50,000 to the memorial fund honoring former editor in chief Dave Morrow, providing a matching amount to the personal donation previously pledged by TheStreet.com’s co-founder and chairman Jim Cramer. The combined $100,000 in donations will help provide scholarships and honor outstanding journalism as a tribute to Morrow, who […]
Cramer delays pay raise, lowers bonus
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE TheStreet.com has struck an agreement with co-founder Jim Cramer where his 2010 salary raise won’t take affect until July 1 and his potential 2010 bonus will be lowered. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Cramer’s salary increase to $1.87 million from $1.56 million was originally scheduled for Jan. 1. […]
Cramer on Morrow's death: He taught us to sing
TheStreet.com co-founder and chairman Jim Cramer writes Tuesday about what he liked about working with Dave Morrow, the site’s former editor in chief who died Monday night. Cramer writes, “Dave Morrow was the good part of journalism in the 21st century, the journalism that you could still do, that you could still afford, that didn’t […]
Former TheStreet.com editor Morrow dies from cancer
TheStreet.com editor Glenn Hall sent the following e-mail: “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I must tell you all about the passing of Dave Morrow, our former Editor in Chief. “Dave was a great champion of TheStreet during his eight years here, and his leadership brought some of the biggest successes […]
