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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:01 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

What's happening to Newsweek???

"Newsweek on Monday fired all of its top staff amid turmoil that has upended the newsroom.

In a company meeting, several editors announced that the outlet had fired Editor in Chief Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li and reporters Celeste Katz, Josh Saul, and International Business Times editor Josh Keefe.

The editors told staffers some of the firings were not official, but according to one person with direct knowledge, both Katz and Keefe were locked out of their work email and computer accounts and instructed to meet a human-resources representative offsite shortly after Roe was fired."


https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek-guts-its-top-edit-staff-amid-legal-turmoil


They did some very hard hitting reporting on the Russia investigation.

I hope this isn't some sort of covert retaliation from Trump and friends.

That would bode ill for freedom of the press.

And no one, even those at Newsweek, seem to know what's going on.

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Reply What's happening to Newsweek??? (Original post)
 orangecrush Feb 2018 OP
LineReply I was unaware of their russia coverage or forgot, in that case holy shit
 Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #1
LineLineReply Their recent articles on the investigation
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #3
LineLineLineReply Then this makes sense. Just saw Reuters saying 3 out of 4 republicans think FBI is wrong
 Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #5
LineLineLineLineReply I hope
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #7
LineReply There was a police raid some weeks ago, and they took some of their servers..
 HipChick Feb 2018 #2
LineLineReply It smells
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #6
LineReply Hard to tell from out here, but I think there are some really startling things going on
 RKP5637 Feb 2018 #4
LineLineReply I hope I am just paranoid
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #8
LineLineNew Reply I am not expert, but for a very long time I have suspected that
 logosoco Feb 2018 #27
LineLineLineNew Reply With Don the Con and the Trump boys, anything is possible. n/t
 RKP5637 Feb 2018 #31
LineReply David Corn re-Tweeted this today
 blogslut Feb 2018 #9
LineLineReply interesting!
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #13
LineLineReply Davis is married to president of Olivet..hummmm..
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #14
LineLineLineReply Holy Shit!
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #22
LineReply Didn't Rupert buy that?
 Iahotdog Feb 2018 #10
LineReply "I hope this isn't some sort of covert retaliation from Trump and friends."
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #11
LineLineReply something stinks...
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #15
LineLineLineReply Read the cnn link OC in post..This Davis guy is married to prez of Olivet!..eom
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #17
LineLineLineLineReply Thanks! n/t
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #20
LineLineLineLineReply This the same Olivet?
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #21
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply NOT sure - but when I read David Corns retweet - on this thread and then read
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #25
LineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply it's the same
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #26
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Thank goodness then, they got Manhattan on the case, computers and all..
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #28
LineLineLineLineLineLineLineLineNew Reply Good catch!
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #30
LineLineLineReply YES!!!!eom
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #18
LineLineLineLineReply They took Newsweek down.
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #23
LineLineLineLineLineNew Reply I won't bother you further, but perhapss it is a good thing..newsweek goes down...
 asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #29
LineReply Newsweek has been the only bright spot among the big names
 dalton99a Feb 2018 #12
LineLineReply That cover...
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #16
LineReply I believe some kind of internal investigation has been going on.
 NCTraveler Feb 2018 #19
LineLineNew Reply Check THIS OUT
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #24
LineNew Reply Strange thing I've noticed.
 safeinOhio Feb 2018 #32
LineLineNew Reply interesting!
 orangecrush Feb 2018 #33

Response to orangecrush (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:02 PM

Star Member Eliot Rosewater (30,155 posts)

1. I was unaware of their russia coverage or forgot, in that case holy shit

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:05 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

3. Their recent articles on the investigation


were extremely revealing.


"TRUMP CAMPAIGN AIDE CARTER PAGE MAY HAVE BEEN RUSSIAN AGENT, JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BELIEVED, ACCORDING TO NUNES MEMO
By Cristina Maza On Monday, January 29, 2018 - 09:29"

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:06 PM

Star Member Eliot Rosewater (30,155 posts)

5. Then this makes sense. Just saw Reuters saying 3 out of 4 republicans think FBI is wrong

and trump is righteous. We are in big big trouble, the children are going to destroy us all

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:11 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

7. I hope


someone who understands these things more than I do is paying attention.

This is how I would expect free news services to be shut down, not overtly, but for "reasons".

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:03 PM

HipChick (25,466 posts)

2. There was a police raid some weeks ago, and they took some of their servers..

Related to financial dealings..

https://nypost.com/2018/01/18/nypd-officers-raid-newsweek-headquarters/

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:07 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

6. It smells

like a rat to me.


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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:06 PM

Star Member RKP5637 (64,915 posts)

4. Hard to tell from out here, but I think there are some really startling things going on

in the US with respect to the flow of valid information. Just listening to Trump, it's damn clear he's trying to suppress information and replace it with his endless lies. I really am wondering about the future of the US if this guy continues in office. It's really clear someone has him under their control and also he is significantly afraid of something.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:13 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

8. I hope I am just paranoid

and this isn't a trial balloon.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:13 PM

Star Member logosoco (3,207 posts)

27. I am not expert, but for a very long time I have suspected that

the trump boys would like to get into the media. They probably think they can build an empire ala Fox news. (They seem to think that the trump name has ever or will ever mean anything big or important). They may be stupid but it is easy to see how media can be a revenue source.

I have nothing to back this suspicion, it just seems odd with all the FAKE news blabbering and the ass kissing to FOX.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:42 PM

Star Member RKP5637 (64,915 posts)

31. With Don the Con and the Trump boys, anything is possible. n/t

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:24 PM

Star Member blogslut (37,121 posts)

9. David Corn re-Tweeted this today





Monika Bauerlein
‏Verified account @MonikaBauerlein
4 hours ago

Our 2014 investigation of Newsweek's ownership and top officials seems very relevant right now. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:42 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

13. interesting!

I still can't decipher what's going on.

So corruption of executives is bringing down an icon of the press that's been around since forever?

Something still doesn't feel right...






To quote Kurt Cobain, "I think I'm dumb... "

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:43 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

14. Davis is married to president of Olivet..hummmm..

Uzac co-founded International Business Times, which in 2013 bought Newsweek. In 2017 the company was rebranded as Newsweek Media Group. Uzac's IBT co-founder, Jonathan Davis, is married to the president of Olivet.

I posted another link from cnn below -

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:01 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

22. Holy Shit!

"Investigators on Thursday raided Newsweek’s offices in New York as part of a probe into the magazine’s connection to California-based Olivet University, according to the New York Post."


http://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Newsweek-raid-Olivet-University-SF-12510646.php#item-85307-tbla-5

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:29 PM

Star Member Iahotdog (119 posts)

10. Didn't Rupert buy that?

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:37 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

11. "I hope this isn't some sort of covert retaliation from Trump and friends."

I share your concern OC - "That would bode ill for freedom of the press."


...snip.

Katz declined to comment to CNN but tweeted on Monday afternoon, "My warmest thanks to the brave Newsweek editors and colleagues who supported and shared in my work — especially our recent, difficult stories about the magazine itself — before my dismissal today. I'll sleep well tonight... and I'm looking for a job!"

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/media/newsweek-editors-out/index.html

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:44 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

15. something stinks...

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:46 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

17. Read the cnn link OC in post..This Davis guy is married to prez of Olivet!..eom

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:51 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

20. Thanks! n/t

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:57 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

21. This the same Olivet?

The president of Olivet Nazarene University out in Bourbonnais has just dropped a huge stack of cash on a plush 2,100 square foot unit in River North's Trump Tower, the Tribune reports. Having served as the private evangelical university's president for nearly 25 years, John C. Bowling will certainly be closer to God living on the supertall skyscraper's 46th floor. The two bedroom, two and a half bathroom unit listed in January for $2.1 million and the sale officially closed at the end of March for exactly $2 million. What would Jesus do?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.curbed.com/platform/amp/2015/4/23/9967622/president-of-christian-university-drops-2m-on-trump-tower-condo

But at this time, the President was a man?

Totally confused.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:06 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

25. NOT sure - but when I read David Corns retweet - on this thread and then read

the CNN story..how many Olivets could there be??? I need to find out..bits and pieces just starting to flow - considering the massacre at Newsweek - just today....little nuggets all over the place..tks for this info though..good work..

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:07 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

26. it's the same

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:14 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

28. Thank goodness then, they got Manhattan on the case, computers and all..

Matthew Coopers statement is telling though - from CNN report- -

Senior writer Matthew Cooper tendered his resignation on Monday as a result of the chaos, saying in a resignation letter obtained by CNN that he has never "seen more reckless leadership."

"It's the installation of editors, not Li and Roe, who recklessly sought clicks at the expense of accuracy, retweets over fairness, that leaves me most despondent not only for Newsweek but for other publications that don't heed the lessons of this publication's fall," Cooper said in the letter.



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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:20 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

30. Good catch!

Thanks!

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:48 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

18. YES!!!!eom

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:02 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

23. They took Newsweek down.

Holy shit.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:18 PM

Star Member asiliveandbreathe (7,680 posts)

29. I won't bother you further, but perhapss it is a good thing..newsweek goes down...

considering who is still there....

Perhaps those who were fired or resigned can start their own publication...they are good people doing their job..

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:41 PM

Star Member dalton99a (74,386 posts)

12. Newsweek has been the only bright spot among the big names

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:45 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

16. That cover...

only amplifies my fears.


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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 07:49 PM

NCTraveler (30,481 posts)

19. I believe some kind of internal investigation has been going on.

 

It started before today.

Just last week the co-owner and chairman of Newsweek Media Group, Etienne Uzac, and his wife Marion Kim, who acted as the company's finance director, both stepped down.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/308784002

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 09:06 PM

Star Member safeinOhio (29,835 posts)

32. Strange thing I've noticed.

Don't know if it has anything to do with this.

I read Yahoo news page everyday and in the last week or so, they have more news links to Newsweek than they ever have before.

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 11:39 PM

Star Member orangecrush (16,501 posts)

33. interesting!

They were putting out some excellent articles.

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