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. ...
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The Litopia Writers’ Podcast » Litopia After Dark : Big Publishing ... 
source: Litopia
came from the notorious Judith Regan. The consensus is that it was the sloppy and ultimately expensive firing of Regan in the uproar over her plans to publish O. J. Simpson’s If I Did It that turned Murdoch against Ms. Friedman. ...
Published Fri, Oct 3
source: Beyond Hall 8
Of course, sometimes, she couldn't control her adjutants -- Judith Regan anyone?) The last time I saw Friedman it was just two days before she was pushed. She was hosting a party on the Fox Studio lot in Los Angeles and, flanked by the ...
Published Thu, Aug 7
Jews, Arabs Cleared In Firing Of HarperCollins CEO 
source: gawker.com
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...
Published Mon, Jun 16
Jane Friedman Was Out of Allies 
source: Jossip
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, ...
Published Fri, Jun 6
source: mediabistro.com
In a nutshell it has to do with recently departed Harper Collins CEO Jane Friedman, Judith Regan, charges of antisemitism against her, that OJ book, and Roger Ailes. It would take too much to explain, so watch the clip if you care. ...
Published Fri, Jun 6
Keith Olbermann Names Rupert Murdoch "Worst Person In The World ... 
source: Huffington Post
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). ...
Published Fri, Jun 6
Evidence Friedman Was Pushed Over Money [Books] 
source: Gawker
He brushed aside a theory, floated by a Gawker source, that Murdoch held some sort of grudge over Friedman's role in the squelching of an OJ Simpson book and the departure of Judith Regan, although the Times said others in the company ...
Published Fri, Jun 6
Evidence Friedman Was Pushed Over Money 
source: gawker.com
He brushed aside a theory, floated by a Gawker source, that Murdoch held some sort of grudge over Friedman's role in the squelching of an OJ Simpson book and the departure of Judith Regan, although the Times said others in the company ...
Published Fri, Jun 6
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