The Messenger, a publication run by Jimmy Finkelstein and Richard Beckman, spent $50 million in less than a year, leaving 300 employees without severance and health insurance when it abruptly closed. Former employees have launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for rent, medicine, groceries, and other expenses. The campaign aims to raise $50,000 to support those affected by the mass layoffs.
⬇️⬇️⬇️ Ex-Messenger Staffers Launch $50,000 GoFundMe to Cover Living Expenses After Mass Layoffs Organizers hope to help those who “don’t have a safety net for support while we look for a new job.” Read more: https://t.co/vbnQxNum8q
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Some of my former colleagues put together a GoFundMe for The Messenger staffers who need immediate help with rent and other bills now that the company has gone under with no severance or health care. https://t.co/BoRyOQ69VU
Some reporters at @TheMessenger set up a Go Fund me for staff who need help with health insurance, rent, groceries (since we were all left with no insurance or severance). If you're able to help, it would be deeply appreciated. I'm going to chip in myself. Please pass around.…
A GoFundMe has been launched to help the hundreds of employees suddenly left without severance pay and health insurance after The Messenger imploded last week. If you wish to donate, here's the link: https://t.co/lzfqlK7c7R
this gofundme campaign will help former @TheMessenger employees, who were left without severance and health insurance when it abruptly shut down last week👎 funds raised will go to rent, cobra, groceries + more❤️ give a lil, or a lot— anything helps! https://t.co/fnE3WWNv8x
Today we're launching a GoFundMe campaign to help former @TheMessenger employees, who were left without severance and health insurance when the company abruptly closed last week. Funds raised will go to help with rent, medicine, groceries + more. ❤️ https://t.co/ZpKYcY0JDT
The shuttered site The Messenger, run by Jimmy Finkelstein and Richard Beckman, spent $50 million in less than a year, leaving 300 employees out of work and a seven-figure bill owed to vendors https://t.co/B5lAOwLG0q
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“I was pissed the moment I heard about this dumb idea,” Jim VandeHei says of The Messenger. “It was business malpractice and human cruelty at an epic scale.” @DylanByers chronicles the publication’s demise. https://t.co/V5O5ppzcW3