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2024-02-02 -Great Cultural Revolution

The Messenger shuts down less than a year after launching news site: ‘Titanic of publishing disasters'

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Posted by Frank G 2024-02-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [33 views ] Top

#1 paid the site’s editor Dan Wakeford around $900,000, sources said.

There's your problem.

Posted by badanov 2024-02-02 00:11|| 2024-02-02 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 There's still a stupid amount of money sloshing around in support of garbage "news outlets" on the internet.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-02-02 07:30|| 2024-02-02 07:30|| Front Page Top

#3 The main problem with the business of news is that the employees all seem to feel that they deserve 6 figures.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-02-02 08:52|| 2024-02-02 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Given that it was to be a telecommunications and not print operation, why in the hell did they set up in any major city when anyplace with communications broadband would suffice. Just another grift by 'in players'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-02-02 15:06|| 2024-02-02 15:06|| Front Page Top

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