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(13,133 posts)Newsweek fires editor-in-chief, deputy editor and three reporters after they publish stories about suspected fraud at the magazine's parent company
Editor Bob Roe, deputy editor Ken Li and reporters Celeste Katz and Josh Saul, as well as Josh Keefe, a reporter for IBT, were all fired on Monday
Katz, Saul and Keefe had all been writing about a probe into suspected financial fraud at the magazine's parent company, edited by Roe and Li
'This whole entire staff feels it's clearly retaliatory,' a source said
Staff at International Business Times also report that they were not paid Monday
Last month, the Manhattan district attorney raided the Newsweek offices, removing 18 computer servers, as part of the Manhattan DA probe
Investigation is into a possible 'money trail' between former Newsweek Media Group executives and Olivet University, a Christian college in California
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5355009/Newsweek-fires-staff-negative-stories-owner.html#ixzz57ZiJ1x4N