The Deal Announces New Additions to Editorial Staff

NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) announced new additions to The Deal's editorial team including Laura Cooper, who joins the team as a healthcare reporter, and Andrew Hedlund, who joins as a bankruptcy reporter. Both will be based out of TheStreet's offices on Wall Street.

These additions follow the hiring of Amanda Levin, who previously covered energy M&A at Mergermarket, as a senior writer and Jenna Loceff, previously a technology reporter at Mergermarket, as a senior reporter. Both joined The Deal over the summer.

"The Deal is an essential hub for intelligence about transactions. The editorial staff is charged with having the best sources and insight into M&A, private equity, restructuring and activism," said Elisabeth DeMarse, President, Chairman and CEO of TheStreet. "We are thrilled to add these two experienced journalists to our team and continue to expand The Deal's coverage."

Laura Cooper joins The Deal from Mergermarket and will focus on the medical devices, diagnostics and health services sectors. Prior to Mergermarket, she was a business reporter in New York for Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper, where she covered the U.S. economy and technology, financial, automotive and aerospace industries. Cooper began her career as a reporter at the Southampton Press on Long Island. She has a B.A. in journalism and political science from Stony Brook University.

Andrew Hedlund was previously a reporter at Reorg Research covering regulation and will focus on bankruptcy as a reporter for The Deal. Before working at Reorg Research, Hedlund was a business reporter and political reporter at Medill News Service, a writer for the East Valley Tribune and an opinion editor at The State Press. Hedlund has a B.A. in political science and a B.A. in English literature from Arizona State University and a M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

"The Deal has always been able to offer coverage that is deeper and more knowledgeable than our competitors. These new reporters, along with others we've added over the past several months, expand the range of our expertise to more industries and provide an even sharper focus on critically important sectors," added Jeffrey Kanige, Editor in Chief of The Deal.

For more information about The Deal, visit www.thedeal.com.

About The Deal
The Deal is a media and data company providing over 45,000 users with extensive coverage of M&A, private equity, restructuring, activism and ECM. As the No. 1 provider of deal intelligence in North America, law firms, investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms rely on The Deal's analysis of potential and announced transactions for business development and research. The Deal is the institutional arm of TheStreet, Inc. and has offices in New York, London, Washington, D.C.and Petaluma, CA. For more information, visit www.thedeal.com.

About TheStreet
TheStreet, Inc. is the leading independent digital financial media company providing business and financial news, investing ideas and analysis to personal and institutional investors worldwide. The Company's portfolio of business and personal finance brands includes: TheStreet, RealMoney, RealMoney Pro, Stockpickr, Action Alerts PLUS, Options Profits, MainStreet and RateWatch. To learn more, visit www.thestreet.com. The Deal, the Company's institutional business, provides intraday coverage of mergers and acquisitions and all other changes in corporate control. To learn more, visit www.thedeal.com.

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