Newsweek Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === 2018 investigation and firings === The [[Manhattan District Attorney]]'s office raided ''Newsweek''<nowiki/>'s headquarters in [[Lower Manhattan]] on January 18, 2018, and seized 18 computer servers as part of an investigation related to the company's finances.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|title=Newsweek Fires Editors and Reporter Who Investigated the Company|last=Astor|first=Maggie|date=February 5, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 21, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401001250/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> IBT, which owned ''Newsweek'' at the time, had been under scrutiny for its ties to [[David Jang]],<ref name=":3" /> a South Korean pastor and the leader of a Christian sect called "the Community".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|title=Why are Newsweek's new owners so anxious to hide their ties to an enigmatic religious figure?|last=Dooley|first=Ben|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029235129/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|archive-date=October 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2018, under IBT ownership, several ''Newsweek'' staff were fired and some resigned stating that management had tried to interfere in articles about the investigations.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|title=What the hell is going on at Newsweek?|last=Valle|first=Gaby Del|website=The Outline|language=en|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221073210/https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|archive-date=December 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Cooper |first=Matthew |user=mattizcoop |number=960612455876612096 |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Newsweek chaos: @Hadas_Gold on the @Newsweek fallout, including my resignation. https://t.co/DLpH7zsRdk. My letter below. https://t.co/gMdjrnFpVl |language=en |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506092309/https://twitter.com/mattizcoop/status/960612455876612096 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page