judith regan fired over o.j. simpson book – or something else?

Just a quickie, and not really a blog post at all, just a yikes! type thing. Dunno how I missed it – must have been all that quivering and avarice – whatever – but Judith Regan got sacked on Friday.

The original story went something like this: HarperCollins let the slugger go none too ceremoniously – according to the New York Times Regan’s office found out via press release – for her part in the shameless promotion of O.J. Simpson’s “If I did it – Here’s How” insult.

But on Monday the Times revamped it a bit, claiming Murdoch handed down the order himself after Regan allegedly rattled off anti-Semitic remarks to Jane Friedman, HarperCollins’s president and chief executive. (Thanks to Howie for the links: NYTimes, Associated Press and USA Today)