RUNNING TOWARD THE EXITS

Yet Another Editor Quits Amid The Messenger’s Rocky Rollout

Senior politics editor Suzette Lohmeyer’s exit marks the third resignation in less than two weeks.

Yet another editor at The Messenger has opted for the exits amid the new outlet’s messy launch. Suzette Lohmeyer, a senior editor on the politics team, quit on Wednesday over concerns with the fledgling digital-media startup’s heavy workload and emphasis on churning out aggregated content, Mediaite reported. Her exit is effective on June 5. Lohmeyer was originally a senior editor at Grid News before it was purchased by the startup earlier this year. Her exit marks the third in less than a month, following west coast breaking news editor Kristin Bender’s pre-launch resignation, as reported by The Daily Beast on Tuesday, and politics editor Gregg Birnbaum’s departure last week.