PhotoTwo top editors and a reporter at Newsweek were fired on Monday, and two other reporters left in limbo, in a purge that targeted employees involved in coverage of the company’s financial and legal troubles. Bob Roe, the magazine’s editor in chief; Kenneth Li, its executive news director; and Celeste Katz, a reporter, were dismissed after receiving Google Calendar invitations to meet with executives at Newsweek’s parent company, the Newsweek Media Group, three employees confirmed. Newsweek’s communications department said in an email on Tuesday that the company does not comment on personnel matters. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAfter the district attorney’s raid on Jan. 18, editors at Newsweek assigned a group of reporters to investigate the company. At first, two employees said, the company’s chief content officer, Dayan Candappa, protected the reporters, essentially acting as a buffer between them and top executives.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2018 03:11 UTC