Q&A: How Callaway has turned around TheStreet.com
David Callaway is the chief executive officer of TheStreet.com, a financial news company launched in the 1990s. He joined TheStreet in 2016 after the company had experienced years of losses and increased competition for readers of news about the stock market and investing. In the past two years, Callaway has overhauled its operations, laying off […]
TheStreet CEO Callaway comments on second quarter
TheStreet.con Inc. chief executive officer David Callaway made the following comments during the company’s second quarter earnings conference call: Consumer events also helped, and we got several more in the pipeline for the second half of the year that we believe will help us significantly exceed last year’s total event revenue of $400,000. As Eric said, we’ve […]
TheStreet reports earnings, revenue below expectations
Financial news company TheStreet.com Inc. reported second quarter earnings and revenue that fell below analyst expectations as the company continues an overhaul of its business strategy. The New York-based company reported a net loss from continuing operations $900,000, or 2 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $400,000, or 1 cent per share, […]
TheStreet shares rise 10 percent after it sells subsidiary
Shares of TheStreet.com rose by more than 10 percent after the financial news and data company agreed to sell a subsidiary to S&P Global for $33.5 million. The RateWatch business provides ratings and data to the capital, corporate and commodities markets worldwide. It provides more than 4,200 bank and credit union clients with a deposit […]
Journalist Hiralal leaves The Deal for Leadership Connect
Longtime business journalist Baz Hiralal has left The Deal for a job at Leadership Connect. Hiralal had been there since January 2004, writing and editing for the website. He is best known for writing the daily Movers & Shakers column, which focused on executive hires, departures and promotions in the financial services and legal communities. The column […]
WSJ hires Fontana as an equities reporter
The Wall Street Journal has hired Francesca Fontana as an equities reporter. She starts next week. Fontana has been a tech reporter for TheStreet.com since February. Fontana interned at The Wall Street Journal this past summer and had been freelancing for the business newspaper before joining TheStreet. She reported and wrote a feature story and […]
TheStreet’s Real Money seeks a reporter in New York
Real Money is a subscription service for analysts, investment professionals and high-net-worth individuals looking for original industry insights and actionable trading advice. The parent company TheStreet Inc. was founded by Jim Cramer 23 years ago and is the oldest online financial platform offering a range of free content, subscription and data services. Real Money is […]
TheStreet seeks European editor for Real Money
Real Money is a subscription service for analysts, investment professionals and high-net-worth individuals looking for original industry insights and actionable trading advice. The parent company The Street Inc. was founded by Jim Cramer 22 years ago and is the oldest online financial platform offering a range of free content, subscription and data services. Real Money […]
TheStreet to add cannabis and crypto columnists
TheStreet.com CEO David Callaway made the following comments on the company’s earnings conference call earlier this week: And we’re also laying the groundwork for bringing our trusted subscription columnist efforts to cannabis and crypto spaces very soon. One side note on that, we’ve hired a new RealMoney editor, a money editor for our subscription business, Daria Solovieva, […]
TheStreet meets expectations on loss, misses on revenue
Financial news company TheStreet.com reported a first quarter loss on Tuesday that met analyst expectations, but its revenue came in below expectations. The New York-based company reported a net loss of $681,710, or 1 cent per share, better than the loss of $1.1 million, or 3 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2017. […]