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Harper Collins Has Paid an Expert Hacker to Develop Pirating Software for 10 years

By Jane • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

This falls into the “how did I miss this article” category. News Corp has been accused of hiring hackers to spy on rival Dish network “in a scheme to deprive a competitors of hundreds of millions of dollars. The big news was that in testimony, a computer hacker admitted that he had been [...]



HarperCollins Settles with Judith Regan

By Jane • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Sadly what could have provided salacious gossip in the publishing world for months is put to bed. Judith Regan and HarperCollins have put away their litigation swords for an undisclosed sum of money and a sort of apology.
“After carefully considering the matter, we accept Ms. Regan’s position that she did not say [...]



Game On Says Judith Regan to Jane Friedman

By Jane • Nov 14th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

The book world is abuzzing with the complaint filed by Judith Regan, former head of Regan Publishing, a division of HarperCollins. No one can deny that Regan was a success. In her complaint, she alleges that she generated over $1B in sales. Fifteen of Regan’s books were NYT Bestsellers with five of [...]



Rupert Murdoch and the Bancroft Family Meet to Discuss Merger

By Jane • Jun 4th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

The idea of Rupert Murdoch owning the Wall Street Journal is enough to put shivers down the back of any one in search of “fair and balanced” news but that reality might come sooner than we think. Rupert Murdoch is in talks with the Bancroft Family to have News Corp. (parent corporation [...]



Judith Regan Fights Back

By Jane • Dec 20th, 2006 • Category: Publishing News

According to Variety, Judith Regan, who was fired on Friday night of last week, is filing a suit seeking at least, the balance of compensation owed under her contract. Via Media Bistro.
If you missed it, Monday opened with swirling allegations that Regan was fired for anti-semitic remarks.