EXHIBIT 10.5
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                                CONFIDENTIAL
                AMENDMENT TO INTERACTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT

       This Amendment to Interactive Services Agreement (this "Amendment"),
dated April 16, 1999, is made and entered into by and between America
Online, Inc. ("America Online"), a Delaware corporation with its principal
offices at 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, Virginia 20166, and TheStreet.com, L.L.C.
("Interactive Content Provider"), a limited liability corporation with its
principal office at Two Rector Street, New York, NY 10006. Defined terms
that are used but not defined herein shall be as defined in the Interactive
Services Agreement between AOL and Information Provider dated as of April
16, 1998 (the "Agreement").

       The parties wish to amend the Agreement as described below.

       It is therefore agreed as follows:

1.     Term.  The following is hereby added to the end of Section 6 of the
       Agreement ("Term"):

       "Commencing on April 16, 1999, the Agreement shall continue in full
       force and effect for a period of two hundred and ten (210) days (the
       "Negotiation Period") during which period the parties agree to
       negotiate in good faith over the terms and conditions of a new
       agreement or amendment to this Agreement (the "New Agreement"). This
       Agreement shall terminate upon expiration of the Negotiation Period
       (unless it is superseded or extended by the New Agreement or
       terminated early in accordance with the terms herein based on a
       breach of this Agreement)."

2.     Carriage  Fee.  The  following is hereby added to the end of
       Section 1.5 of the Agreement ("Carriage Fee"):

       "During the Negotiation  Period,  ICP shall pay AOL $16,667.00
       per month in advance."

3.     Order of Precedence. This Amendment is supplementary to and modifies
       the Agreement. The terms of this Amendment superseded provisions in
       the Agreement only to the extent that the terms of this Amendment
       and the Agreement expressly conflict. However, nothing in this
       Amendment should be interpreted as invalidating the Agreement, and
       provisions of the Agreement will continue to govern relations
       between the parties insofar as they do not expressly conflict with
       this Amendment.

4.     Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in  counterparts,
       each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together
       shall constitute one and the same document.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Amendment
as of the date first written above.

TheStreet.com, Inc.                         AMERICA ONLINE, INC.


By:  /s/ Brendan Amyot                      By:  /s/ Jonathan Edson
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Name:  Brendan Amyot                        Name:  Jonathan Edson
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Title: VP-General Manager,                  Title:  Executive Director
       Consumer Business Affairs                   ------------------------
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