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Ex-HarperCollins Publisher Settles Defamation Suit - New York Times

Judith Regan, the publisher who was fired from HarperCollins in late 2006 after the company decided to scrap the release of "If I Did It," O. J. Simpson's hypothetical murder confession, has settled her $100 million defamation lawsuit against News Corporation, Harper's parent. A statement by Ms. Regan and News Corporation issued Friday described an "equitable, confidential settlement, with no admission of liability by any party." Ms. Regan, who filed her suit last November, had named News Corporation, HarperCollins and Jane Friedman, president and chief executive of the publishing house, as defendants. Ms. Regan accused them of mounting a "malicious assault on her character and ...

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