Davis Freeberg

TheStreet.com Earnings: Intrusive Ads Are Sinking Site

The street drives me nuts because they have a lot of short articles that they insist on breaking up into five pages. It probably helps them serve more ads, but like you mention in your article, it also creates an environment where readers don't come back. It's also really annoying when they write some kind of fluff piece on a company that you are interested in and then make the second half of the article members only. If they really had any profound to say, it might be worth paying for a subscription, but when it's clear that they are trolling for search hits, bombarding you with ads and then asking you for money, it seems a bit heavy handed.

Seeking Alpha Named Most Informative Investing Web Site by Kiplinger's

Congrats on the recognition. I've found some of the best finance related articles on SA. Your writers might not be considered "professional" journalists, but the quality of the reporting has been fantastic from the start.

Brouhaha Over the Booyah: Timing Reveals All

I don't think that it's the market's sentiment that brought this video to light, it was the YouTubers getting ahold of it and unveiling it to the rest of the world by voting it up and getting into key places on the site. Once it hit the top rated and view lists it was inevitable that people would see this. Had it been uploaded to YouTube last December the response would have been just as strong.

TheStreet.com: An Undervalued 'Boo-Yeah!'

Interesting article. You may be right, but the Street isn't exactly printing money right now either. $325 million is a pretty small market cap, but last year TSCM only brought in $46 million in revenue. Even with 20% earnings growth, that's still a pretty small number at the end of the day. If their business was more scalable, I'd be more excited about this opportunity, but the larger Cramer's media empire gets, the higher the cost of revenue will get and that will impact their profit margins directly. Cramer may have won the hearts of traders on Wall St., but right now the street is a one trick pony and without more diversification and better revenue drivers behind the company, it's hard for me to get on board this company when there are so many more attractive opportunities that exist.