gawker.com | by Ryan Tate | Mon, Jun 16
Mon, Jun 16
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...
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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 ...
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source: Jossip
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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