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Hello, communicators:
A tote bag from Fyre Festival. A T-shirt and beer koozie from MoviePass. A Popsocket phone accessory from CNN+ (RIP).
These are examples of the kinds of merchandise that former journalist Christina Warren collects — souvenirs from dead companies.
Warren told NPR she’s got about 20 of these items so far.
From NPR:
Warren isn’t looking for merch from just any business or startup that quickly shuttered. She’s looking for the ones that came out of the woodwork with huge fanfare but then failed in an epic way.
“I’m looking at the ones that were flying high, too close to the sun,” she said.
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