The Messenger, the upstart digital news outlet that hired hundreds of journalists and vowed to upend the industry as a centrist publication, will shut down less than a year after its high-profile ...

Jimmy Finkelstein was chief executive and founder of the Messenger, a much-hyped general news site that recently collapsed, leaving about 250 journalists looking for work. Obituaries for the Messenger ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of media startups, The Messenger's recent demise sheds light on the critical disparities between running a media venture and a tech startup. I've reached out to some ...

The shuttered site The Messenger, run by Jimmy Finkelstein and Richard Beckman, spent $50 million in less than a year, leaving 300 employees out of work and a seven-figure bill owed to vendors. By ...

In the final days of doomed news website the Messenger, insiders painted a chaotic scene of checked-out bosses and furious staffers — some of whom had already “tapped out” because they had no faith in ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within ...

Meta is shutting down its standalone Messenger website, the company shared in a help page. Starting April 2026, the website will no longer be available. If users still want to send and receive ...

NEW YORK — Seated in a private room of a Manhattan club so exclusive that the public relations flack in the room asked it not be named, Jimmy Finkelstein insisted that all was well at the new ...