Minyanville
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Minyanville Media, Inc. is an Internet-based financial media and publishing company. Investment/business articles and broadcasts are available to the public on the Minyanville website, and via licensing agreements with major financial websites that include Yahoo Finance, MSN Money
, AOL Money & Finance
and MarketWatch
. More than 40 financial professionals publish bylined articles on Minyanville; the company also provides subscription publications with market-specific analysis. Its website receives some 1,000,000 Unique Visitors per month, and is in the top 4,000 websites in the U.S. Minyanville's content has earned an Emmy and other awards.
Minyanville was started in 2002 by Todd Harrison
, who had been a successful trader, fund manager, and senior executive on Wall Street, with such firms as Morgan Stanley
and Galleon Group
. In July 2000, Harrison's first financial column appeared on TheStreet.com
, which he wrote as a favor for a former colleague who was going on vacation. Harrison says his bearish commentary on tech stocks resonated with readers, and he soon became a featured columnist. His office location in Lower Manhattan
made Harrison a close eye-witness to the World Trade Center
attack on September 11, 2001, which he says was the shattering event that led Harrison to leave his "high-profile" career and found Minyanville the following year.
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
, AOL Money & Finance
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
and MarketWatch
MarketWatch
MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research. Along with its flagship website, the company operates...
. More than 40 financial professionals publish bylined articles on Minyanville; the company also provides subscription publications with market-specific analysis. Its website receives some 1,000,000 Unique Visitors per month, and is in the top 4,000 websites in the U.S. Minyanville's content has earned an Emmy and other awards.
Minyanville was started in 2002 by Todd Harrison
Todd Harrison
Todd Harrison is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Award-winning internet media company Minyanville.-Biography:Harrison has more than twenty years of experience on Wall Street...
, who had been a successful trader, fund manager, and senior executive on Wall Street, with such firms as Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000....
and Galleon Group
Galleon Group
Galleon Group was one of the largest hedge fund management firms in the world, managing over $7 billion, before closing in October 2009. The firm was at the center of a 2009 insider trading scandal that resulted in investors pulling capital from the firm rapidly...
. In July 2000, Harrison's first financial column appeared on TheStreet.com
TheStreet.com
-History:TheStreet.com, Inc., was co-founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and Martin Peretz. It is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company is headquartered at 14 Wall Street in New York City. Its stock was made public in May 1999 under the direction of past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer...
, which he wrote as a favor for a former colleague who was going on vacation. Harrison says his bearish commentary on tech stocks resonated with readers, and he soon became a featured columnist. His office location in Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York...
made Harrison a close eye-witness to the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
attack on September 11, 2001, which he says was the shattering event that led Harrison to leave his "high-profile" career and found Minyanville the following year.