Judith Regan

Judith Regan, publisher of HarperCollins' ReganBooks imprint, plans to move her publishing and media group to Los Angeles from New York by the end of the year to focus on TV and film projects. Regan has produced bestsellers from a diverse group of celebrities, ranging from Gen. Tommy Franks to controversial baseball slugger Jose Canseco, and is executive producer for the A&E cable series "Growing Up Gotti."

Judith Regan, fired from News Corp.'s HarperCollins unit in 2006, settled a lawsuit against the publisher over her dismissal for $10.75 million, according to a court filing by her former law firm. The amount, previously undisclosed, was stated in a filing in New York state court in Manhattan by Dreier, a law firm that sued Regan for legal fees after her settlement of the News Corp. case in January. The namesake of the law firm, Marc Dreier, was charged Monday by federal prosecutors in New York with directing an unrelated $100-million fraud.

JUDITH REGAN, who promoted the aborted O.J. Simpson book and TV deal and was subsequently fired as the head of ReganBooks, a HarperCollins imprint, told a radio audience Wednesday that "what happened to me in the last month with the Simpson thing is a story that has yet to be revealed. But there's a lot more to the story than what people think, a lot more to the story."

NEW YORK -- HarperCollins continued to reshuffle its management Thursday, following the resignation of President and Chief Executive Jane Friedman. Brian Murray, a company veteran tapped to succeed Friedman, will have two top deputies: Michael Morrison, who will run HarperCollins' U.S. book business, and Victoria Barnsley, who will direct international operations. Murray, 41, had been the company's president of worldwide operations and had been Friedman's top deputy since 2004.

Lying on a massage table Monday night, Judith Regan had an experience that has become all too familiar. "My masseuse said to me she can't run her business here anymore because it's so expensive to do business in New York," Regan said. "And I'm hearing this over and over." She counts herself lucky to have come to her senses about the place. "New York is like a bad relationship that you can't get out of, because you still think the sex is good," the head of ReganMedia said.

Judith Regan, the powerful, cocky and often outrageous publisher who cooked up the recently aborted O.J. Simpson book and TV deal, was fired Friday night by HarperCollins, the publishing company that owned Regan's imprint. In a terse two-sentence statement that did not explain reasons for the termination, HarperCollins President and Chief Executive Jane Friedman said Regan's imprint, ReganBooks, would remain a part of the parent company.

For weeks, publisher Judith Regan had been in trouble with higher-ups over the debacle of the canceled O.J. Simpson book and TV deal. But her firing swiftly followed a Friday afternoon phone call from her Los Angeles office to a HarperCollins attorney that included comments that were characterized as offensive, two highly placed corporate sources said Saturday. The comments, the precise nature of which was not disclosed, came just before News Corp.

Judith Regan, fired from News Corp.'s HarperCollins unit in 2006, settled a lawsuit against the publisher over her dismissal for $10.75 million, according to a court filing by her former law firm. The amount, previously undisclosed, was stated in a filing in New York state court in Manhattan by Dreier, a law firm that sued Regan for legal fees after her settlement of the News Corp. case in January. The namesake of the law firm, Marc Dreier, was charged Monday by federal prosecutors in New York with directing an unrelated $100-million fraud.

Former book publisher Judith Regan, who in January settled a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for an undisclosed sum, was sued by her former lawyers, who say she fired them after the settlement and owes them legal fees. In a complaint filed in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, the law firm, Dreier, alleges Regan retained it to represent her in February 2007 and agreed to pay 25% of any money she recovered as a result of a judgment or settlement. Dreier represented Regan in a suit related to her dismissal in 2006 from News Corp.

Re "Simpson to tell how he could have killed pair," Nov. 16 I am disgusted by News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch and publisher Judith Regan's decision to broadcast or publish anything O.J. Simpson has to say. He had his day -- many days -- in court, and most people believe he's a vicious killer. To even speculate, for profit, about the brutal murder of his children's mother and her friend, Ron Goldman, makes him even more disgusting than he already was. Shame on Simpson, Regan, News Corp.

Former book publisher Judith Regan, who in January settled a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for an undisclosed sum, was sued by her former lawyers, who say she fired them after the settlement and owes them legal fees. In a complaint filed in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, the law firm, Dreier, alleges Regan retained it to represent her in February 2007 and agreed to pay 25% of any money she recovered as a result of a judgment or settlement. Dreier represented Regan in a suit related to her dismissal in 2006 from News Corp.

NEW YORK -- Publisher Judith Regan and the media conglomerate News Corp. announced a confidential settlement Friday in the $100-million lawsuit Regan had filed against her former employer. In a joint statement, both sides said an amicable resolution was reached, in which neither party admitted any liability. News Corp.

Former publisher Judith Regan filed a $100-million defamation lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and other defendants Tuesday, alleging she was asked by company officials to lie to federal investigators in order to protect Rudolph W. Giuliani's presidential bid. She also charged that company officials had orchestrated a "smear campaign" to discredit her after her promotion of a controversial memoir by O.J. Simpson.

HarperCollins has closed the book on Judith Regan's publishing business in Los Angeles. The publishing arm of media giant News Corp. said Wednesday that it would close ReganBooks as of March 1, after a short-lived run on the West Coast. Regan, who had enthusiastically promoted the relocation of her imprint from New York to Century City, was fired last month amid accusations that she made anti-Semitic comments during an argument with a HarperCollins attorney.

FOR MANY PEOPLE in publishing, the firing of Judith Regan this month represented a bit of instant karma, cosmic comeuppance at its most profound. Regan, most recently in the news for her part in the aborted O.J. Simpson book fiasco over "If I Did It," is the kind of publisher book people love to hate. Over the years, she's brought out work by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, Jenna Jameson and Jose Canseco.

A temporary office worker in the Century City office of ReganBooks, who heard both sides of a telephone conversation between former publisher Judith Regan and a HarperCollins Publishers Inc. attorney, said Regan did not use the phrase "Jewish cabal" or make any other anti-Semitic statements, said Bert Fields, Regan's attorney.

A temporary office worker in the Century City office of ReganBooks, who heard both sides of a telephone conversation between former publisher Judith Regan and a HarperCollins Publishers Inc. attorney, said Regan did not use the phrase "Jewish cabal" or make any other anti-Semitic statements, said Bert Fields, Regan's attorney.

FOR MANY PEOPLE in publishing, the firing of Judith Regan this month represented a bit of instant karma, cosmic comeuppance at its most profound. Regan, most recently in the news for her part in the aborted O.J. Simpson book fiasco over "If I Did It," is the kind of publisher book people love to hate. Over the years, she's brought out work by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, Jenna Jameson and Jose Canseco.

JUDITH REGAN, who promoted the aborted O.J. Simpson book and TV deal and was subsequently fired as the head of ReganBooks, a HarperCollins imprint, told a radio audience Wednesday that "what happened to me in the last month with the Simpson thing is a story that has yet to be revealed. But there's a lot more to the story than what people think, a lot more to the story."

Media giant News Corp. took the unusual step Monday of releasing notes of a conversation between one of its attorneys and former book publisher Judith Regan to show that she made anti-Semitic remarks that led to her firing. Regan, meanwhile, hired Hollywood attorney Bert Fields to deny the allegations and vigorously contest her dismissal. Fields said the firing was the result of a long-running feud between Regan and her boss, Chief Executive Jane Friedman of HarperCollins, a News Corp. unit.