The Messenger: A News Startup That Aims to Have as Many Users and Followers as TikTok

John Avlon: The Grid is a news media startup that launched a couple of years ago. He says the business model was ad based and yet Washington media is all about basically an upscale trade model where you for free or paid, you create content for important decision makers. Avlon: It didn't seem to have a sense of a- This is like TikTok taking out a full page ad on top of the Washington Post last Friday.