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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 [...]



Murdoch Wants a Free Wall Street Journal Online

By Jane • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Rupert Murdoch consummated a deal to buy Dow Jones & Co for $5.6 billion and now is urging the board to make the online Journal free. The Wall Street Journal currently charges $99 and is the only major news site that has an online fee now that the New York Times has eliminated the [...]



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 [...]