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This could just as well fit in Conspiracy: a Korean Cult Chief who thinks, he's jesus now controls Newsweek. Investigations into Newsweek by the Manhattan District Attorney, editors and journalists being sacked to prevent the story being reported on. The World Olivet Assembly and their Guru David Jang is behind this morass of mysteries.
Newsweek publishes critical piece on company after staffers threaten to resign
by Hadas Gold @CNNMoneyFebruary 21, 2018: 9:59 AM ET
Late Monday night Newsweek's acting editor-in-chief, four senior editors and two reporters were ready to quit. After months of drama at the magazine, including a raid by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, the abrupt firings of their executive editor and editor-in-chief and questions about their website traffic and ad revenue, they were ready to take a stand.
Their bosses at Newsweek Media Group were, sources familiar with the situation told CNN, trying to block a story they were working on looking into NMG's connection to Olivet University, a Christian school founded by a church run by a Korean-American pastor named David Jang.
The connections between Jang, Olivet and Newsweek Media Group, have been the source of intense speculation and several investigative reports from other outlets over the years. Though staffers would make often make jokes about working for "the church" or a "cult," multiple current and former staffers told CNN that, though they knew five of the company's executives were part of the church and were directly connected to Olivet University, they never felt their direct influence on their work -- only a constant pressure to hit higher and higher traffic goals.
But that changed in January with a Manhattan District Attorney raid at NMG's office and investigators' removal of 18 servers as part of, according to the New York Post, an investigation into the financial connections between the company and Olivet University. Newsweek reported it was related to loans used to procure the servers.
Multiple staffers said they felt they had to report on their parent company, especially if it was under a criminal investigation. To them, it was a question of journalistic ethics -- and of proving that they worked in an independent newsroom. But in the course of reporting on the story, editor-in-chief Bob Roe and executive editor Ken Li and reporter Celeste Katz were fired for trying to report on their own company. NMG co-founder Jonathan Davis told editors in a meeting that the reporting had harmed potential business deals, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting. More than a dozen staffers resigned as a result of the firings and their aftermath. ...
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/20/media/newsweek-staff-olivet-university/index.html
Newsweek publishes critical piece on company after staffers threaten to resign
by Hadas Gold @CNNMoneyFebruary 21, 2018: 9:59 AM ET
Late Monday night Newsweek's acting editor-in-chief, four senior editors and two reporters were ready to quit. After months of drama at the magazine, including a raid by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, the abrupt firings of their executive editor and editor-in-chief and questions about their website traffic and ad revenue, they were ready to take a stand.
Their bosses at Newsweek Media Group were, sources familiar with the situation told CNN, trying to block a story they were working on looking into NMG's connection to Olivet University, a Christian school founded by a church run by a Korean-American pastor named David Jang.
The connections between Jang, Olivet and Newsweek Media Group, have been the source of intense speculation and several investigative reports from other outlets over the years. Though staffers would make often make jokes about working for "the church" or a "cult," multiple current and former staffers told CNN that, though they knew five of the company's executives were part of the church and were directly connected to Olivet University, they never felt their direct influence on their work -- only a constant pressure to hit higher and higher traffic goals.
But that changed in January with a Manhattan District Attorney raid at NMG's office and investigators' removal of 18 servers as part of, according to the New York Post, an investigation into the financial connections between the company and Olivet University. Newsweek reported it was related to loans used to procure the servers.
Multiple staffers said they felt they had to report on their parent company, especially if it was under a criminal investigation. To them, it was a question of journalistic ethics -- and of proving that they worked in an independent newsroom. But in the course of reporting on the story, editor-in-chief Bob Roe and executive editor Ken Li and reporter Celeste Katz were fired for trying to report on their own company. NMG co-founder Jonathan Davis told editors in a meeting that the reporting had harmed potential business deals, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting. More than a dozen staffers resigned as a result of the firings and their aftermath. ...
http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/20/media/newsweek-staff-olivet-university/index.html