Rosie Magazine

The judge in the dispute between Rosie O'Donnell and her former publisher over the folding of Rosie magazine said neither side was entitled to damages and that each should pay its own legal fees. Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing had sued the former TV talk show host for $100 million, saying she breached her contract by walking away in September 2002, over editorial differences.

Gruner & Jahr's bitter court fight with Rosie O'Donnell ended in a stalemate, but the publisher is nonetheless paying a price for the battle. Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing, a unit of Germany's Bertelsmann, is under increased scrutiny from advertisers over the accuracy of its sales numbers.

The bitter lawsuit pitting Rosie O'Donnell against her former publisher -- a battle that attracted more attention than the short-lived Rosie magazine ever did -- fizzled out Wednesday when the judge said neither side deserved damages because it's doubtful the magazine would have made any money.

The chief financial officer of Gruner & Jahr USA, publisher of Rosie O'Donnell's magazine, admitted Monday that his company reported false circulation figures to hide the magazine's losses.

Rosie O'Donnell said Friday that her publisher had deceived her about how Rosie magazine would be run and that she was the victim of a "coup d'etat.

Rosie O'Donnell took the witness stand Thursday to defend herself against a bitter breach-of-contract lawsuit, saying she agreed to start her now-defunct namesake magazine only after being promised full creative control by the company now suing her.

A cancer survivor burst into tears Wednesday when she testified that Rosie O'Donnell had suggested she was lying about goings-on at her now-defunct magazine and told her that liars get cancer.

Rosie O'Donnell told the editor of her now-defunct magazine that because she was a lesbian she strongly objected to a cover photo showing the entertainer with her arms around other women, according to testimony Monday.