Reganomics: Lawsuit ‘Days Away,’ GalleyCat Drawn Into Fray

Day Five of Judith Regan‘s page-turner. The latest:

• Variety: “In the matter of Judith Regan vs. News Corp., the legal fireworks are about to begin. Regan will file a wrongful termination suit against her former employer, News Corp. unit HarperCollins, in a matter of days, said her attorney, Bert Fields. Fields wouldn’t specify the damages she will seek, but the balance of compensation owed under Regan’s contract would be a starting point: “She’s not going to take this lying down.”
• GalleyCat: Before Regan was informed of her firing, her e-mail access was cut off at 4:00PM Pacific time on Friday.
• Speaking of GalleyCat, Radar reports: “Judith Regan’s Sirius radio show aired as scheduled this morning — but an exchange with a blogger that supposedly played a role in her firing was not part of the broadcast. Ron Hogan, who co-writes the book publishing blog Galleycat, was interviewed by Regan last week for a segment on Peter Golenbock’s “fictional memoir” of Mickey Mantle. During the interview, she went into a rant about how the “backstabbers at HarperCollins” had made her the scapegoat for the outcry over the O.J. Simpson book, If I Did It.”
• Speaking of Sirius, USA Today: Regan to keep radio show.
• Speaking of Regan’s admission that she became a “sex maniac,” Gawker: His interview may have been cut, but Hogan’s presence in the studio has to have informed that last bit somewhat, don’t you think?

EARLIER:

Reganomics: He Said She Said: ‘Of All People, Jews Should Know About Ganging Up’

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.