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Renaissance man: Bert Fields
Original at Variety
• Thu, Apr 2
CA But just as the trial failed miserably to live up to its lofty billing as an OJ Simpson-level media event, Fields' fallout never materialized either. He never even took the stand. And the winning continues. Fields helped Judith Regan to a ...
Freeman, hypocrisy and nuance
Original at Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• Mon, Mar 9
NY Kerik shtupping Judith Regan was irrelevant to everyone not contemplating a double date with the couple from hell; shacking up with a lover at an apartment reserved for cops suffering post 9/11 trauma, I think, was telling. ...
The Wrongs of Spring
Original at Publisher's Weekly
• Sun, Mar 8
NY The last time Peter Golenbock was featured in PW's pages was when his salacious novel about Mickey Mantle, 7, was in the news. It was scheduled to be published by Judith Regan and, along with the OJ Simpson book fiasco, ended up costing Regan her job. ...
HarperCollins Puts Its Money on New ‘It Books’ Imprint
Original at New York Times
• Wed, Mar 4
United States of ReganBooks, the division, now defunct, led by the mercurial Judith Regan. ReganBooks was known for its sassy list of pop-culture-oriented titles, including “How to Make Love Like a Porn Star” a memoir by Jenna Jameson written with Neil Strauss. ...
Octuplets' birth spawns outrage from public
Original at Newsday
• Sun, Feb 8
NY Judith Regan, the controversial agent behind OJ Simpson's "If I Did It" book, said she does not believe there's a market for Suleman because "she seems so selfish and irresponsible." "Exploiting infants for financial gain and fame is not appealing to ...
Mother feeling heat for birth of octuplets
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Sun, Feb 8
United States - Feb 8, 2009 However, Judith Regan, the agent behind OJ Simpson's controversial "If I Did It" book, said she does not believe there's a market for Suleman because "she ...
Mother draws criticism for birth of octuplets
Original at St. Augustine Record
• Sat, Feb 7
FL - However, Judith Regan, the agent behind OJ Simpson's controversial "If I Did It" book, said she does not believe there's a market for Suleman because "she ...
Giuliniani's Top Cop Pleads Not Guilty to Bold Fresh New Federal Charges [In Other News]
Original at Gawker
• Mon, Dec 29
By Pareene Noted mustachioed Judith Regan-sexing terror criminal Bernie Kerik pleaded not guilty to new counts of vile criminality that were recently added to all the old counts. [NYP]
Judith Regan: Michael Wolff 'Absurd'; 'Simply Wants to Spin Facts ...
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Dec 15
NY - Dec 15, 2008 whose recently published Rupert Murdoch biography took a beating today at the hands of an angry Judith Regan in the New York Daily News. ...
The Ticker: Oz, Ifill, Ailes...
Original at mediabistro.com
• Mon, Dec 15
gt;At the end of today's Rush & Molloy-refereed brawl between Judith Regan and Michael Wolff, FNC CEO Roger Ailes makes a guest appearance. Wolff says Ailes called "a date" with Regan "the scariest three hours of my life," Regan responds by saying "we went out to dinner to talk busines...
The Morning Newsfeed: 12.15.08
Original at mediabistro.com
• Mon, Dec 15
Judith Regan has had enough. The most-talked-about publisher in bookdom has brushed off two unflattering profiles by her former college pal Michael Wolff. But his new bio of media baron Rupert Murdoch has goaded her to vow she'll take him to court.
Judith Regan Vs. Michael Wolff In Sad Gossip Feud [Shut Up, Media]
Original at Gawker
• Sun, Dec 14
By Hamilton Nolan The short version is preferable here. Wolff wrote a book about Rupert Murdoch, and Judith Regan doesn't like what he says about her in it. So she aired her grievances to Rush & Molloy this weekend: Regan also resents Wolff's past claim that "on several occasions, [Judith and I] almost go...
Arts, Briefly: Judith Regan Is Sued
Original at NYT > Arts
• Wed, Dec 10
Lucky for Judith Regan she left a big publishing house when the book business was relatively flush with cash. Ms. Regan, the outspoken publisher, was fired from her Regan Books imprint of HarperCollins in 2006. She received $10.75 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit she filed a...
Groups Protest Cuts Outside The State Capitol | Politics on the Hudson
Original at Politics on the Hudson
• Tue, Nov 18
smartporpoise: Speaking of Judith Regan, what ever happened to Rudy’s old pal, Kerik? BTW, few would buy... Triborough named after “bridge builder” (13). Jiminy Cricket: Consultant…You continue your boring bashing of Palin. ...
More bad economic news | Politics on the Hudson
Original at Politics on the Hudson
• Mon, Nov 17
smartporpoise: Speaking of Judith Regan, what ever happened to Rudy’s old pal, Kerik? BTW, few would buy... Malcolm Smith Pledges A New Day In January (6). Jiminy Cricket: Ha. “Fore” heaven’s sake. Good thing you didn’t mention the ...
Raise Your Hand if You Want to Know Why O.J. Did It
Original at Book Info.net
• Sun, Nov 16
By Kim Not only did they encourage Simpson to write a novel about how he would have killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman (much to the dismay of the American public), but now they refuse to let the idea die. Because even though Simpson is completely innocent, I think we all sometimes wonder how an aver...
Obama To Step Down Sunday From Senate | Politics on the Hudson
Original at Politics on the Hudson
• Thu, Nov 13
Crazy in bed… You get what you pay for. Jiminy Cricket: If the bring that old commercial back, she could do it…”Things go better with coke.” smartporpoise: Speaking of Judith Regan, what ever happened to Rudy’s old pal, Kerik? ...
Avg state worker pay approaches $60000 a year | Politics on the Hudson
Original at Politics on the Hudson
• Mon, Nov 10
smartporpoise: Speaking of Judith Regan, what ever happened to Rudy’s old pal, Kerik? BTW, few would buy... Advertisement. Recently Updated LoHud Blogs · Small Bites · Rangers Report · Cycling Central · At Ease! ...
Too Gross For Words: OJ Simpson And Ad Space
Original at mediabistro.com
• Tue, Sep 2
Uh-huh. Just because something might make you cash, doesn't mean you do it. Did we learn nothing from the Judith Regan/"If I Did It" book boondoggle? [source]. Comments (View). New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
Jews, Arabs Cleared In Firing Of HarperCollins CEO
Original at gawker.com
• Mon, Jun 16
By Ryan Tate The exit of HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman continues to baffle everyone, including New York magazine, which tried to figure out why Friedman was let go but could only figure out two non-reasons. Some people thought she was maybe ousted because, at the London Book Fair in April, she decid...
Jane Friedman Was Out of Allies
Original at Jossip
• Fri, Jun 6
Keith Olbermann named Rupert Murdoch his “Worst Person in the World” for the inside baseball decision of firing HarperCollins chief Jane Friedman, supposedly because she quashed the OJ Simpson book and fired Judith Regan, ...
Keith Olbermann Names Rupert Murdoch "Worst Person In The World ...
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Jun 6
By The Huffington Post News Editors Rupert Murdoch his "Worst Person in the World" for allegedly firing HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman in retaliation for her squelching the OJ Simpson memoir/confession "If I Did It" (and for firing the controversial Judith Regan). ...
Keith Olbermann's Rupert Murdoch Imitation Involves Gawker, Pirates
Original at gawker.com
• Thu, Jun 5
By Ryan Tate Looking for a decent excuse to advance his long-simmering feud with Rupert Murdoch and to do a weird Australian/pirate accent, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann seized upon the words of a former News Corp. insider, who claimed in one of our posts this morning that Murdoch fired Jane Friedman from H...
Keith Olbermann's Rupert Murdoch Imitation Involves Gawker ...
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Jun 5
By Ryan Tate who claimed in one of our posts this morning that Murdoch fired Jane Friedman from HarperCollins because she canned powerhouse publisher Judith Regan in late 2006, and also because she squashed Regan's OJ Simpson book project. ...
Jane Friedman apparently fired from HarperCollins: New CEO to play ...
Original at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Thu, Jun 5
By David Rothman But was that enough for her boss, News Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch? Another issue is whether the real issue for the change could have been Friedman’s war with Judith Regan, who sued HarperCollins over the handling of her firing. ...
Publishing Exodus Continues: Friedman Out at HarperCollins
Original at mediabistro.com
• Thu, Jun 5
CEO Jane Friedman is out and being replaced by her second in command Brian Murray. Freidman has been head of HarperCollins for ten years and gained a certain notoriety when her clashes with Judith Regan resulted in Regan's firing. ...
HarperCollins Chief Was Aggressive, Awkward
Original at gawker.com
• Thu, Jun 5
By Ryan Tate Murdoch's News Corp. hired Friedman away from Random House to head HarperCollins in 1997, when the company was struggling. She doubled HarperCollins' profits within a few years, according to a 2007 article in New York magazine by Vanessa Grigoriadis. Friedman is credited with aggressiv...
Spurned Lawyers Sue Judith Regan For Stiffing Them on Legal Fees
Original at NY Observer > Judith Regan
• Tue, Mar 4
By Leon Neyfakh Just over a month after ex-publisher Judith Regan settled a spectacular $100 million lawsuit against her old employers at News Corporation and its book division HarperCollins, the volatile grand dame of 21st century book publishing has been hit with a side suit from the New York lawyer...
Regan Sued By Dismissed Lawyers
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Mar 4
By Pareene Judith Regan, former high-powered publisher with News Corp.'s HaperCollins, who notoriously carried on a gross affair with disgraced criminal former top cop Bernie Kerik in a Ground Zero apartment, and who was fired for, among other things, embarrassing the company with her O.J. Simpso...
Judith Regan Sued By Her Lawyers
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Mar 4
By The Huffington Post News Editors Judith Regan settled her lawsuit against News Corp. in January, but there's a new legal battle on her horizon. Regan is being sued by her former lawyers, Dreier LLP and Redniss & Associates, who claim she fired them before the ...
Judith Regan Waited Too Long
Original at gawker.com
• Fri, Jan 25
By Nick Denton Judith Regan, the maverick publisher fired from Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation after she pressed ahead with a book by O.J. Simpson, has settled with her former employer. Regan is not an anti-Semite; Murdoch henchman, Roger Ailes, did not pressure her to keep quiet about her former love...
Tipster: FBI Agents Seek Judith Regan
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Jan 23
By Nick Denton Regan claims to have an incriminating tape, which she is using as leverage in her lawsuit against News Corporation. Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate fired the unpredictable publisher after she published a thinly-disguised confession by O.J. Simpson, accused of murdering his wife y...
OJ Simpson to Return to Jail: Former Football Star One of Many ... - Associated Content
Original at Associated Content
• Sat, Jan 12
OJ Simpson to Return to Jail: Former Football Star One of Many ... CO - Jan 12, 2008 He did not help his own cause by writing a book, If I Did It, which helped bring about the ouster of its publisher, Judith Regan, from HarperCollins. ...
Is Judith Regan The New Rosie?
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Dec 2
By The Huffington Post News Editors O'Donnell on the grounds of breach of contract, while Ms. Regan is the one doing the suing, claiming that she had been defamed by News Corporation officials -- but they are instructive, especially for the News Corporation.
Judith Regan Died For Your Sins
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Nov 20
By Emily Gould Ha. DUH, NO! She's Judith Regan. Judith "Golden Vagina" Regan. Judith 'my cock is so enormous' Regan. The woman who has inspired almost a mini-genre of books and screenplays about what a mythically hilariously insanely evil boss she is! Judith! Regan!
Judith Regan: Crazy or the "reincarnation of Linda Tripp"?
Original at Althouse
• Sun, Nov 18
By Ann Althouse Who at the News Corporation supposedly asked Ms. Regan to lie to protect Rudy’s secrets? Her complaint does not say.... The Giuliani story, by contrast, is relatively virgin territory. And with the filing of a lawsuit by a vengeful ...
Judith Regan dish on Bernard Kerik affair could burn Rudy Giuliani - New York Daily News
Original at nydailynews.com
• Sun, Nov 18
New York Daily News Judith Regan dish on Bernard Kerik affair could burn Rudy Giuliani New York Daily News, NY - Regan was a powerful publisher under her reganbooks imprint until she was fired last December by harpercollins - which is owned by News Corp. ...
Psycho-Boss Judith Regan Sues Murdoch for Smearing Her
Original at Daily Kos
• Fri, Nov 16
Former publishing idiot savant Judith Regan is suing the News Corporation for $100000000 for smearing her personal reputation in her recent firing at head of ReganBooks division at Harper Collins. The Harper Collins publishing house is ...
"The lawsuit by former book publisher Judith ...
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Nov 14
By Emily Gould The lawsuit by former book publisher Judith Regan against News Corporation, parent company of "fair and balanced" Fox News, has a certain similarity to the Iran-Iraq war: it's hard to work up a rooting interest in either side," writes Richard Aregood in today's Guardian, but he then goe...
The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy To Take Down Judith Regan
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Nov 14
By JonLiu Judith Regan's not an anti-semite: She's an Italophobe! As the full 70-page text of her $100 million lawsuit against HarperCollins and News Corp. reveals, Judy herself is the victim of a "smear campaign." Remember those awful claims that Ms. Regan, upon her post-If I Did It dismissal, made...
Judith Regan Sings "My Way"Original at gawker.com
• Thu, Nov 8
By Joshua Stein Super-cougar publisher and current Sirius radio chat-show host Judith Regan writes in the December Harper's Bazaar that , after she was fired from her own HarperCollins imprint, she went off to China and found some of herself. Then she came back to New York and enjoyed a cathartic moment w...
Judith Regan Sent The Funniest Emails
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Sep 4
By Emily Gould A tipster writes: This is a few days late, but I just saw that retarded animal-balloon email from HarperCollins HR and wanted to share what Judith thought of Harper hr's constant stream of ridiculous emails from back in the day. HR used to send these emails ALL the time (I guess they still do)...
Is The New Bret Easton Ellis Movie About Judith Regan?
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Sep 4
By Emily Gould HARRY: What about Isaac Hirsch? JUDITH: He's dead, Harry. HARRY: That's ... heartbreaking. JUDITH: (FLIRTY) Are you making fun of me? Don't make fun of me, Harry. HARRY: I'm amusing you, Judith. Isn't that what I do? Amuse you? HARRY: (HESITANT) Soon. I promise. This week.
Rush & Molloy - New York Daily News
Original at nydailynews.com
• Thu, Aug 16
New York Daily News Rush & Molloy New York Daily News, NY - Judith Regan held court on the rooftop of her penthouse loft Tuesday night with her Sirius talk show sidekick Webster Stone and loyal pals, who were glad to ...
Judith Regan To Use "Juicy" Secret Tapes In $20 Mil Suit Against News Corp
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jul 12
By The Huffington Post News Editors Judith Regan has secret tapes of phone calls and meetings that provide explosive evidence in her $20 million lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, sources tell us. After attempting to publish O.J. Simpson's memoir "If I Did It," Regan was fired by HarperCollins' CEO Jane Fri...
O.J. Simpson's 'If I Did It' Poised To Be Next Selection From The 'Sociopathic Pseudoconfessional of the Month Club' After Judge's Ruling
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Mar 13
By Seth Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg's decision comes at the request of Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, who expressed outrage at the original publication of "If I Did It" and now finds himself putting the manuscript back into circulation.
Michael Wolff's Judith Regan Profile May Have Altered Our Fundamental View Of Humanity
Original at gawker.com
• Mon, Feb 5
By Emily Gould Oooh, Michael Wolff's got a big Judith Regan analysis in March's Vanity Fair! Let's skim: Judy's not an anti-Semite, just a crazy person . . . perversely, she's a hero in a way . . . the last over the top tabloid personality . . . has a problem with authority . . . Rupert Murdoch's gone soft . . . Jane Friedman's a di...
O.J. Simpson Sued By Father Of Man He Would Have Killed In Just Such A Fashion, If He Had Done It
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Dec 19
By Seth The aborted O.J. Simpson If I Did It confessional book and TV special has already claimed the livelihood and reputation of publisher Judith Regan—who may or may not have hubristically blamed her downfall on the machinations of a secret society of dreidle-spinning ill-wishers—but that b...
Kerik, Regan and Murdoch: The Rightwing Dream Becomes a Nightmare
Original at culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
• Tue, Dec 19
By mole333 Butcher said that Regan and Jackson were discussing an upcoming Regan book, Peter Golenbock's "7: The Mickey Mantle Novel," in which the author, imagining he is Mantle, confesses in detail to a life of sexual exploits, including a tryst with Marilyn Monroe.
James Pinkerton: Judith Regan: My Inferno, And Welcome To It
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Dec 16
First, of course, I was lucky enough to lure O. J. Simpson to Re-Regan Books. Our new collaboration is called If I Did It, I Did It--And What Are You Going To Do About It? And I might add a personal note of my own to my ex-husbands and ex-boyfriends: 'Watch yourself! The Juice is loose. So you, too, co...