In May, the group sacked Richard Wallace and Tina Weaver, the editors of the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror respectively, and merged the titles into a seven-day operation.
At least three unsupportive newspaper editors received death threats, and the star of a popular TV soap was sacked for declaring support for the general.
In the space of one week, Morsy sacked the commanders of the Egyptian military and replaced them with Muslim Brotherhood loyalists, and fired all the editors of the state-owned media and replaced them with Muslim Brotherhood loyalists.