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To: George A. Roberts who wrote (455)	5/1/1999 1:00:00 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Respond to of 766

George, Re: the Etrade account, I'm sure that is for accounting/share distribution purposes and not some attempt to goose Etrade's new account biz. In an IPO, the lead underwriter Goldman Sachs puts together what is called a selling group, which is basically which brokerages get allocated stock. Imagine the insanity of emailing each TSC subscriber who got shares, asking them who their broker is and what their account number is, and then allocating the shares. They'd have a selling group of about 500 different firms, which would be insanity. Although I do see your point...for a mere 50-100 shares, I'm not sure it would be worth my while to go out and establish an account with Etrade. A nice gesture on TSC's part, nonetheless.

To: George A. Roberts who wrote (455)	5/1/1999 1:32:00 PM
From: RainMan29	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

Thanks George. The following is an excerpt of the letter I received: Dear TSC Subscriber: We are pleased to inform you that your name has been chosen at random by Arthur Andersen from a pool of our subscribers to participate in TheStreet.com's Subscriber Offering program as part of our planned IPO. As a member of this subscriber pool, we would like to offer you the opportunity to indicate your interest in purchasing up to 100 shares of the common stock of TheStreet.com at the initial public offering price.This is not an offer to purchase shares and you should make your decision only after you have read the prospectus. Keep in mind that you will need to purchase the shares at the initial public offering price and this price will only be determined at the date of the offering. We have indicated in our filings with the SEC that our preliminary estimate of the IPO price range is $11 - $13 per share, but the offering price could exceed or be below this range. TheStreet.com has chosen ETRADE to manage the Subscriber Offering program. We made this choice because of ETRADE's commitment to and experience with this type of business. If you have an interest in receiving shares, you must either have an existing ETRADE brokerage account, or you will need to open a brokerage account at ETRADE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EXISTINGETRADE ACCOUNT OR ETRADE HAS NOT RECEIVED YOUR FULLY COMPLETED AND SIGNED NEW ACCOUNT DOCUMENTS BY APRIL 20th YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE INTHE SUBSCRIBER OFFERING PROGRAM. Further, you will need to indicate your interest in receiving shares by following the steps described below. * Visit the dedicated E*TRADE site at: ..