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business1 year ago•2 min saved

"The Messenger: A Short-Lived News Startup Closes Its Doors"

The Messenger, a news website that aimed to revolutionize the media industry, is set to close less than a year after its launch, making it one of the biggest failures in online news history. Despite ambitious plans to hire hundreds of journalists and generate $50 million in revenue, the startup's collapse represents a significant setback for the news industry, which has been grappling with ongoing cutbacks. The company's founder, Jimmy Finkelstein, had envisioned The Messenger as a nonpartisan voice in American news, but the venture, backed by $50 million in investments, ultimately fell short of its lofty goals.

via The New York Times|

#business #journalism #media-startup

society2 years ago•7 min saved

Unanswered Questions Surrounding Alabama Mayor's Tragic Suicide

The mayor of Smiths Station, Alabama, F.L. Copeland Jr., known as Bubba, died by suicide after a conservative online news outlet published articles revealing his "secret life," including photos of him in women's clothes and sexually explicit social media posts and fiction. The outlet also claimed that he had used the names and photographs of local residents, including a minor, in his posts. The community is grappling with shock and confusion, with some expressing gratitude for the articles while others feel deceived by the mayor. The news outlet has defended its coverage, stating that the public had a right to know about Copeland's behavior.

via The New York Times|

#alabama #community #mayor

technology2 years ago•1 min saved

Musk Threatens NPR's Twitter Account.

Elon Musk has threatened to reassign National Public Radio's (NPR) Twitter account to another company after NPR stopped posting content to its 52 official Twitter feeds last month in protest against a Twitter designation that implied government involvement in its editorial content. Musk suggested that he would reassign the network's main account, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person. Twitter later dropped the labels but the outlets that were targeted have not resumed activity.

via Yahoo! Voices|

#elon-musk #npr #online-news