The Messenger, an upstart digital news outlet, shuts down less than a year after launch.
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The Messenger, an upstart digital news outlet, shuts down less than a year after launch.
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Upstart digital news outlet "The Messenger" shuts down less than a year after launch

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