IMPORTANT DISTINCTION: This POS is editor of Newsweek Pakistan which is not exactly the same publication most people will be imagining, that is, Newsweek. But this magazine IS connected to the major publication through several layers of licensing -- though in the mass publication world, especially online magazines, that really doesn't mean more than Company A paying Company B for the right to use their name/image/likeness or put those little icons at the bottom of their website that says "Part of the NYTimes Family" or "As Seen In Cosmo!" -- all paid for and intended purposefully to cause people to presume a solid correlation.
Why this is important: From what I can find thus far, these two publications are owned, run and published by two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT companies. It appears -- though I could be incorrect -- that Newsweek Pakistan is a shit-hole operation run by a handful of people located in London -- the asshole from the Tweet above included.
Why I bothered looking/posting: #1. Coz FACTS MATTER. And #2: Coz whoever these people at Newsweek Pakistan are, the editor and founder of the magazine has been saying some sick shit on Twitter. He also has posted and shared publicly a LOT of other names who may be people we should start looking into...(these are all public in the inks I shared so no DOXing)
The well-known magazine Newsweek is published by IBT Media, formally IAC.
THIS rag is Newsweek Pakistan, published by AG Publications (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Group (AG). (See below for more details from their Facebook Page)
Company Overview: Newsweek Pakistan, published under license from Newsweek LLC, is the country’s highest circulation English-language newsweekly. Produced by AG Publications (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Group (AG), Newsweek Pakistan debuted in August 2010.
Newsweek Pakistan is edited by Fasih Ahmed—formerly of The Wall Street Journal and who won a 2008 New York Press Club Award for Newsweek International’s coverage of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
The newsmagazine’s Advisory Board comprises David Walters, former governor of Oklahoma; Dr. Parvez Hassan, lawyer and environmentalist; Ayesha Jalal, historian and Tufts University professor; Qazi Shaukat Fareed, who has worked with the U.N. in New York for over 20 years; and Hameed Haroon, publisher of Dawn newspaper.
In 2013, AG Publications was also running, through London-based AG Castillo Media Limited (which has since been DISSOLVED and LIQUIDATED.)
More research needs to be done, and I will edit, add and/or correct as I confirm.
Thank you for the clarification. I was imagining a mob with torches and pitchforks closing in on Newsweek here in theUSA. It’s harder to imagine in Pakistan, but wait... anything is possible after the news we read from there today I guess.
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HugoWeaving ago
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION: This POS is editor of Newsweek Pakistan which is not exactly the same publication most people will be imagining, that is, Newsweek. But this magazine IS connected to the major publication through several layers of licensing -- though in the mass publication world, especially online magazines, that really doesn't mean more than Company A paying Company B for the right to use their name/image/likeness or put those little icons at the bottom of their website that says "Part of the NYTimes Family" or "As Seen In Cosmo!" -- all paid for and intended purposefully to cause people to presume a solid correlation.
Why this is important: From what I can find thus far, these two publications are owned, run and published by two ENTIRELY DIFFERENT companies. It appears -- though I could be incorrect -- that Newsweek Pakistan is a shit-hole operation run by a handful of people located in London -- the asshole from the Tweet above included.
Why I bothered looking/posting: #1. Coz FACTS MATTER. And #2: Coz whoever these people at Newsweek Pakistan are, the editor and founder of the magazine has been saying some sick shit on Twitter. He also has posted and shared publicly a LOT of other names who may be people we should start looking into...(these are all public in the inks I shared so no DOXing)
The well-known magazine Newsweek is published by IBT Media, formally IAC.
THIS rag is Newsweek Pakistan, published by AG Publications (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Group (AG). (See below for more details from their Facebook Page)
More research needs to be done, and I will edit, add and/or correct as I confirm.
GreenDell144 ago
Thank you for the clarification. I was imagining a mob with torches and pitchforks closing in on Newsweek here in theUSA. It’s harder to imagine in Pakistan, but wait... anything is possible after the news we read from there today I guess.