The Loss of a Great Mind
Judith Regan’s Christmas bonus from publisher HarperCollins? A pink slip.
ABC News reports that Regan, known for her work behind heavyweights like Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern and Jose Canseco, who most recently attempted to sell a little book called “If I Did It,” by one O.J. Simpson, and who is responsible for an upcoming controversial “inventive memoir” based on the life of baseball great Mickey Mantle, was canned. The announcement was made, we don't know how appropriately, at the company holiday party by HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman.
David Hauslaib, publisher and editor of the NYC gossip blog “Jossip,” said he’s shocked over the decision since Regan teamed with Rupert Murdoch in 1994 to build what would eventually turn into News Corp. – parent company of HarperCollins. “I hesitate to call Judith a diva,” said Hauslaib -- and frankly so would I, “but that’s certainly the reputation that’s attached to her. She makes and breaks writers.” Hell, I didn’t even know that divas existed in the writing world, but hey, sign me up!
Regardless, the “enfant terrible of American publishing,” as Regan is called, is predicted to make a comeback. She'll needs something big though. Maybe an Isiah Thomas tell-all would work.
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