A follow-up story whereby the nice publisher is apparently going to try to extort a pile of money from Rupert for firing her with cause.
Posted on 12/19/2006 4:00:47 AM PST by Zakeet
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Controversial publisher Judith Regan, whose plan to publish a book by O.J. Simpson called "If I Did It" ignited a firestorm of criticism, was fired for making anti-Semitic remarks in an argument with a colleague, a publishing source said on Monday.
The source confirmed a report in The New York Times that said Regan's sudden departure on Friday came after she made the comments in an argument with a Jewish lawyer for HarperCollins, a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire and the publisher of the Regan Books imprint.
The Times said shortly after the remarks were made, Murdoch declared he would not tolerate "that kind of behavior" and allowed HarperCollins chief executive Jane Friedman to fire her just as News Corp. held its Christmas party for employees.
Regan, who specialized in tell-all celebrity books, including that of porn star Jenna Jameson, was already engaged in talks about her next job, although The Wall Street Journal said she had hired Hollywood hardball attorney Bert Fields to represent her.
The Journal quoted Fields as saying, "They've chosen war and they will get exactly that." Fields was not immediately available for further comment.
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A follow-up story whereby the nice publisher is apparently going to try to extort a pile of money from Rupert for firing her with cause.
Wonder if she used the "k" word.
Rupert approved the OJ deal.
An odd claim, given that the International Jewish Conspiracy (R) currently has more than enough work on our hands controlling the banking system, promoting the hapless Hollywood career of talentless actor Jeff Goldblum, and increasing the number of sunspots.
I posted this on another thread, but do you notice lately that most every conservative that gets themselves in "trouble" are accused of an anti-semetic rant? It seems that every conservative is anti-semetic or at least the MSM makes it that way.
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Wonder if she drank too much Christmas "cheer" at the party?
She made a poor choice, cost her company a fortune and got canned. Certainly fits "termination with cause". But maybe she can't afford a good Jewish lawyer ;)
IMO, It's a credibility attack because Regan's lawyers declared war on the publisher.
Well...this should be ugly.
(Anything involving Regan usually is.)
Her lawyer (Bert Fields) IS Jewish. And, FWIW, her remarks were a bit ill-conceived, but NOT, IMO, evidence of Jew-hatred.
Is Regan a Conservative?
"Is Regan a Conservative?"
Well, I don't know. I may be making a assumption. I seem to recall that Rush talked about her being his agent and made me think she was conservative. Someone will correct me here shortly.
"I think she is just a person who knows how to take advantage of a business opportunity and turn it into something lucrative."
Until her last opportunity.
Aye, there's the rub. What is a Conservative that they will sell their principles, Regan, Rush? NOT.
Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas
My guess is that Rupert was trolling for a legitimate reason to fire her.
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