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 ...

The Messenger is reportedly in dire financial straits, according to a report in The Daily Beast’s Confider newsletter on Monday. Launched in May, The Messenger went on a hiring binge offering salaries ...

The Messenger got shot. In the wake of its spectacular flameout this week, the ill-fated digital news startup is the target of a lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of its 300 ex-employees — ...