NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TheStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq:TST), a leading digital financial media company, announced that Joshua M. Brown will be the Curator-in-Chief of SideStreet, a new section covering the best of financial blogs, launching today.
Joshua Brown is one of the top financial bloggers in the nation (www.TheReformedBroker.com), the author of "Backstage Wall Street" from McGraw-Hill, a member of the advisory board for Brightscope and an on-air contributor to CNBC. Mr. Brown is a veteran of the brokerage industry who is now a fee-only investor to his high net worth clientele at Fusion Analytics in New York City.
SideStreet (www.thestreet.com/sidestreet) will highlight leading financial bloggers by republishing their best posts in real time. Mr. Brown will select both the bloggers and their top posts, introducing TheStreet's readers to the best new and innovative voices.
"Josh brings the perfect combination of financial experience and blogosphere savvy to TheStreet," said Elisabeth DeMarse, CEO and Chairman of TheStreet. "His experience as an independent advisor and a long-time financial blogger matches perfectly with the mission of TheStreet – bringing original content from Wall Street to Main Street, unvarnished. We are excited to launch SideStreet and broaden our coverage of the stock market."
"I am excited to curate SideStreet and introduce the best of financial blogging to TheStreet's audience," said Mr. Brown. "TheStreet has always been a home for independent thinkers on Wall Street, and my hand-picked financial bloggers will strengthen TheStreet's offerings with a new vein of thought-provoking content."
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