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The Messenger

https://themessenger.com/
Last activity: 13.12.2024
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Categories: InformationNews
A new kind of news.
Website visits
35.7K /mo.
Mentions
61

Overview

Location
United States, New York
Employees
201-500
Total raised
$50M
Founded date
2023

Funding Rounds 1

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Mentions in press and media 61

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Dec 10, 2024LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’Academics have spent generations warning about what happens when you let journalism and media consolidate in the hands of rich people and corporations. As this season’s election coverage demonstrated, the end result is usually a lazy simula...
Jun 10, 2024Former Politico Owner Launches New Journalism Finishing School To Try And Fix All The ‘Wokeness’I’ve noted more than a few times that the primary problem with U.S. journalism is the fact that most major media outlets are owned by out of touch billionaire brunchlords who genuinely don’t understand the modern media environment, can’t se...
Feb 2, 2024‘The Messenger’ Implosion Once Again Shows The Real Problem With U.S. Journalism Is Shitty Management By Visionless, Fail-Upward BrunchlordsEarly last year new journalism outlet named “The Messenger” launched to great fanfare. The brainchild of former The Hill owner Jimmy Finkelstein, the outlet launched with $50 million in backing and a lot of chatter about how it was going to...
Feb 1, 2024Digital news startup The Messenger shuts down less than a year after burning through $50 millionThe Messenger, a digital news startup founded by media executive Jimmy Finkelstein, is shutting down in less than a year, marking a significant setback in the internet media landscape, Axios reported, citing insider information. The announ...
Jan 31, 2024Transforming Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Pneumonia Through Point-Of-Care Lung UltrasoundAs parents, teachers and other caregivers tackle flu season, RSV and Covid-19, cases of childhood pneumonia have also spiked in parts of the United States, China and Europe. Despite many advances in medicine, diagnosing pediatric pneumonia ...
Jan 21, 2024Trump's VP contenders audition in New HampshireKINGSTON, N.H. — New Hampshire's Republican primary isn't just Donald Trump vs. Nikki Haley. The run-up to Tuesday's vote has felt like an audition to be Trump's vice presidential pick, as contenders have been popping up around the state to...
Jan 17, 2024What Trump's Iowa win reveals about the Republican PartyBeneath the top lines of the Iowa caucuses are a stack of insights about a Republican Party whose transformation under Donald Trump seems bound to end in two ways come November: coronation or self-immolation. Why it matters: There are limit...
Jan 13, 2024Why zero tolerance for airline safety lapses doesn’t extend to other industriesLast Friday, January 5, the day a door plug flew off an Alaska Airlines airplane in mid-flight, was a day in which approximately 120 Americans died in motor vehicle crashes. Roughly 136 died from opioids. Perhaps 150 died as hospital inpati...
Jan 10, 2024John McCain lives on in Trump's head in new musicalThe late U.S. Sen. John McCain lives on in former President Trump's head in a new musical, and it's not a place Arizona's iconic senator wants to be. Driving the news: McCain is the subject of "The Ghost of John McCain," which wil...
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FAQ about The Messenger

When was The Messenger founded?

The Messenger was founded in 2023.

How much funding has The Messenger raised?

The Messenger has raised $50M in total across 1 funding round.

What has the press written about The Messenger?

Parsers VC has collected 61 articles mentioning The Messenger, among them “LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’” (Dec 10, 2024) and “Former Politico Owner Launches New Journalism Finishing School To Try And Fix All The ‘Wokeness’” (Jun 10, 2024).

Is The Messenger still active?

Yes, The Messenger is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 13, 2024.