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The Messenger To Shut Down Less Than A Year After Debut


Media news site The Messenger is shutting down, less than a year after it launched with high ambitions of being a force in the digital landscape. Founder Jimmy Finkelstein said in a memo to staffer…

Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Semafor Media news site The Messenger is shutting down, less than a year after it launched with high ambitions of being a force in the digital landscape. Founder Jimmy Finkelstein said in a memo to staffers that “over the past few weeks, literally until earlier today, we exhausted every option available and have endeavored to raise sufficient capital to reach profitability. The site pitched itself as a general interest publication offering impartial and objective news, but it ran into the downturn in the ad business.

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