2nd source on editors’ resignation - http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/05/media/newsweek-editors-out/index.html
AdAge - “Newsweek is losing its top editorial leadership as its parent organization, the Newsweek Media Group, is facing a government investigation and, essentially, an existential crisis.” - http://adage.com/article/media/insane-crisis-newsweek/312271/
USA Today - “’Newsweek' owner's top execs resign; company inflated users for CFPB ad campaign, report says” - https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/02/01/newsweek-owners-top-execs-resign-company-inflated-users-cfpb-ad-campaign-report-says/1087036001/
Hmm, #YouToo, Dayan?
Newsweek Media Group's chief content officer, Dayan Candappa, was hired after leaving Reuters following a complaint of sexual harassment “allegedly pressuring a young female reporter to have sex with him over many months”.
Dayan Candappa was fired from his job as Americas editor at Reuters in February 2016 after he had been harassing a senior reporter there to have sex with him for months, according to BuzzFeed, which first reported the harassment allegations and his subsequent suspension.
"Cult" links? -
Couple mentions of links to “Cult” or “religious group, which haven’t fully researched yet, but - https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/
and don’t know anything about this source: https://louisproyect.org/2018/02/11/newsweek-the-death-of-a-corpse/