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Newsweek Fires Top Editor, Reporters Amid Financial Investigation

Emily Zanotti

Newsweek magazine appears to be in trouble Monday, after the publication fired its top editor, along with several reporters who were looking into financial issues involving Newsweek’s parent company and its connection to a California college.

Newsweek editor-in-chief Bob Roe, executive editor Ken Li, and reporter Celeste Katz were fired Monday morning, and at least two other reporters have been let go, the Huffington Post reports. One reporter has quit in solidarity with the fired journalists, and over what he termed “reckless leadership.”

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