TheStreet
U.S. right-center (business/financial press)
Background
TheStreet was founded in 1996 by hedge fund manager Jim Cramer and Martin Peretz, the longtime publisher of The New Republic, as one of the early internet-native financial news sites. It went public in May 1999 near the peak of the dot-com bubble, briefly reaching a market cap of $1.7 billion, before collapsing along with the broader tech sector. For the next two decades the site operated as an independent public company focused on stock analysis, market data, and personal investing advice, with Cramer as its most prominent face until he shifted his main platform to CNBC's Mad Money. In 2019, The Arena Group (then called Maven) acquired TheStreet for $16.5 million, folding it into a larger portfolio of digital media brands that also includes Parade and Men's Journal. Jim Cramer continued contributing until 2021. Under Arena Group ownership the outlet expanded its premium subscription product (TheStreet Pro) and in October 2025 launched a quarterly print magazine—its first physical edition—distributed at Walmart, Target, and Barnes & Noble. Media watchdogs such as Media Bias/Fact Check rate TheStreet as right-center, citing its consistent support for free-market economics and generally high factual reliability. It is not a general political news outlet; its coverage of the Trump administration is filtered mainly through the lens of market and investor impact.
Sources
- TheStreet – Wikipedia
- TheStreet – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
- Going Print After Three Decades as a Digital-Only Site: TheStreet Wants New Audience – A Media Operator
- What's behind the strategy of TheStreet.com magazine – Talking Biz News
- Maven Closes Acquisition of TheStreet – The Arena Group investor page
- The Arena Group Reports Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results – BusinessWire
- TheStreet – Bias and Reliability – Biasly
Profile compiled 2026-07-03; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.