Sunday, December 17, 2006

Judith Regan, Publisher of OJ Simpson's If I Did It... Got Fired



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Well, Rupert Murdock was unhappy with her project of having If I Did It published. So, being the big man he is, he said all the bucks had to stop there. He canceled the book and the movie interview by Simpson. Less than a month after, Judith Reagan received the boot from the company. Rupert Murdock-owned publishing company put an end to her work this way, "Judith Regan's employment with HarperCollins has been terminated effective immediately," Jane Friedman, chief executive of the News Corp-owned imprint, said. "The Regan publishing programme and staff will continue as part of the HarperCollins General Books Group."

Since 1994, Judith has been running ReaganBooks imprint at HarperCollins. She has published the likes of Jose Canseco's tell-all book, Jenna Jamison's How to Make Love Like a Porn Star. Among other writers she published, Jess Walter, Wally Lamb are some of the few others who saw their books turning into bestsellers. One thing to say is that she did not lack controversy during her tenure at the imprint. Most of her titles caused controversy and a lot of gossip which the gossip journalists liked a lot.

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