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TheStreet.com Teams Up with Yahoo! Wednesday January 21, 7:48 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: TheStreet.com TheStreet.com Teams Up with Yahoo! TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer to Conduct Monthly Chats on Yahoo! Chat; Yahoo! Finance to Feature Select Stories from TheStreet.com NEW YORK, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- TheStreet.com ( thestreet.com ) the investment news site, today announced an agreement with Yahoo!, the world's leading Internet guide, for TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer to conduct monthly chats on Yahoo! Chat (chat.yahoo.com). Additionally, Yahoo! is featuring select stories from TheStreet.com on Yahoo! Finance (quote.yahoo.com), the leading finance site on the Web. ''This is a model agreement for TheStreet.com because it will help lead to new subscribers,'' said Brendan Amyot, Chief Operating Officer, TheStreet.com. ''Active individual investors can get a taste of TheStreet.com through Yahoo!, and we expect that many may link back to TheStreet.com to sign up for the full subscription experience.'' Prior to this agreement, Jim Cramer had previously appeared on Yahoo! Chat, offering Yahoo! chatters his personal insight into the happenings on Wall Street. ''This extended relationship with TheStreet.com is a natural,'' said Mike Riley. ''Jim Cramer's chats on Yahoo! have been our most popular Finance chats, and we're looking forward to continuing to offer our audience the opportunity to hear what Jim has to say. In addition, TheStreet.com's unique editorial content brings in-depth information for Yahoo! Finance users looking for insight on market activity.'' TheStreet.com is providing Yahoo! Finance with select financial stories on a time-delayed basis. The stories appear on co-branded pages and include Jim Cramer's popular ''Wrong'' column and two mutual fund stories per day. TheStreet.com's Editor-in-Chief Dave Kansas is contributing a market overview column that appears simultaneously on TheStreet.com and Yahoo!. Additionally, users can access TheStreet.com site directly from the co-branded pages. Yahoo! Finance is the most popular financial resource on the Web, according to Media Metrix's latest report, which measures household and business reach. In addition to TheStreet.com content, Yahoo! Finance includes comprehensive company and general financial news, access to online trading, company profiles, stock quote information, portfolio tracking, charting, international currency exchange rates, and mutual fund profiles. Yahoo! Finance also features online, real-time chats with finance luminaries. Yahoo! Finance can be found at quote.yahoo.com or through the front page of Yahoo! yahoo.com . About TheStreet.com TheStreet.com provides an insiders look at what's happening on Wall Street. Subscribers get timely news on moving stocks, hot funds and market trends, irreverent commentary about the ways of Wall Street, and a critical look at what the financial media are saying. Located in the heart of the financial district, TheStreet.com was founded and is co-chaired by James J. Cramer and Martin Peretz. Cramer is also a hedge fund manager and financial columnist, a regular on Good Morning America, CNBC and a contributor to GQ. Peretz is also the Editor-in-Chief of The New Republic and a member of the faculty at Harvard. Dave Kansas is the Editor- in-Chief, Jamie Heller is the Executive Editor, Brendan Amyot is the Chief Operating Officer, and Simon Clark is the Chief Financial Officer of the TheStreet.com. Selected stories from TheStreet.com are also available through ABC's Internet service ( abcnews.com ), American Express Financial Direct's site ( americanexpress.com ), DLJdirect's site ( dljdirect.com ), and Charles Schwab's site, SchwabNow! ( schwab.com ). Subscriptions to TheStreet.com are available for $9.95 per month. SOURCE: TheStreet.com