A new social media policy at publishing giant Hearst Magazines warns staffers that even “liking” controversial content could result in their termination, and encourages telling on colleagues ...

Hearst Magazines, the publisher of Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Esquire, has fired around 200 employees — most of whom work at the company’s iconic headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.

Michael Smith, a former long-time employee of Hearst, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the magazine company on Thursday. Smith — who Hearst had supposedly once rated as one of their ...