This afternoon, HarperCollins announced that effective immediately, the ReganBooks name and logo will no longer be used and the imprint's LA office will close on March 1. An interim logo, HC, will appear on Regan books through this summer, after which the list will be reassigned to existing Harper imprints. More from AP's Hillel Italie, who led with the opening line I wanted to use. The news comes barely a week after New York Magazine openly wondered about the fate of the orphaned LA office. "We're just waiting to hear from corporate," said one staffer at the time. "We thought there would be an announcement last Friday, but there wasn't.

Publishers Marketplace adds that many LA staffers, including Cal Morgan, executive managing editor/senior editor Cassie Jones; marketing director Gregg Sullivan; and senior art director Richard Ljoenes will return to New York and join the Harper staff there. Suzanne Wickham will stay on in LA as publicity director.