US -- Latest firings at Newsweek raise alarms as to publication’s editorial independence from its owners

NewsRSF is concerned to learn that Newsweek’s parent company, Newsweek Media Group, has dismissed two more editors after multiple editorial staff were fired or resigned over the past month. It appears these staff departures, both voluntary and involuntary, are linked to attempts to uncover high-level financial corruption and wrongdoing involving the co-founders of the parent company. Two more editors were fired from Newsweek last week following a series of dismissals throughout the month of February.

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