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Jimmy Finkelstein’s ‘Brooding’ in Florida After The Messenger’s Collapse

‘FYRE FESTIVAL OF MEDIA’

Ex-staffers say an HR guidebook promised them severance but the boss left them high and dry.

Justin Baragona
Justin Baragona 

Senior Media Reporter

A photo illustration of Jimmy Finkelstein with the Messenger logo
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty
Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona

Senior Media Reporter

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