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The former ‘Daily Show’ host went off on the media for covering his “lighthearted” comments about anti-Semitism in the ‘Harry Potter’ series as news.
The apology nevertheless fell far short of staffers’ demands that the magazine retract and remove the supposedly erudite exploration of 19th century Supreme Court rulings.
In a $10 million scheme to help the struggling company survive, prosecutors allege.
Newsweek’s chief content officer acknowledged in a private meeting that revenue has collapsed following a BuzzFeed story about the company’s advertising practices.
The crumbling media empire owed its landlord more than $300,000, according to court documents, and faced legal action over it. The company, however, claims its all settled.
‘Time’ and ‘Newsweek’ are hanging precariously to life, both former shadows of newsmagazines that set the global agenda, and whose journalists lived just as large.
Newsweek published a story about the company's financial ties to a mysterious church, but editors said the company attempted to thwart their reporting efforts.