The Messenger‚ a news website that pledged to shake up the media industry with a playbook borrowed from the doomed publishing start-ups of yesteryear‚ will be closing down. In an email to staff‚ the site’s founder‚ Jimmy Finkelstein‚ said that The Messenger’s shutdown was “effective immediately.” “This is truly the last thing I wanted‚ and I am deeply sorry‚” Mr. Finkelstein wrote. By closing less than a year after it launched‚ The Messenger will now be one of the biggest busts in the...