Regan Gets Canned Well, it seems that the O.J. Simpson ridiculous book scandal was being watched more carefully than one would expect.

"Judith Regan's employment with HarperCollins has been terminated effective immediately," HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman said in a statement. "The REGAN publishing program and staff will continue as part of the HarperCollins General Books Group."

Regan's firing comes less than a month after Murdoch's cancellation of Simpson's hypothetical murder confession, "If I Did It," a planned book and Fox television interview that was greeted with instant and near-universal disgust when announced

"If I Did It" is still offensive to me. Regan's firing should come as no surprise. She used to be with the National Enquirer if memory serves me right. Should have gone to a more respectable rag like Weekly World News.  ¶ 12/15/2006 08:35:00 PM