Judith Regan Sues Ex-Employer News Corp. Over Firing - Rupert Murdoch

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atCdjFIuoj6Y&refer=home

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Publisher Judith Regan, fired last year, sued her former employer News Corp. and its HarperCollins unit, claiming she is the victim of a ``deliberate smear campaign'' to protect Presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani.

Regan asked for at least $100 million in damages in her suit filed today in state Supreme Court in New York. She claims News Corp. tried to destroy her reputation because she has damaging information about former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik. The information would be harmful to ex-New York Mayor Giuliani and his presidential campaign, she said.

``The smear campaign was necessary to advance News Corp.'s political agenda, which has long centered on protecting Rudy Giuliani's presidential ambitions,'' Regan said in the complaint.

Regan, who also published Kerik's autobiography ``The Lost Son,'' was fired in December 2006 after she backed O.J. Simpson's book, ``If I Did It.'' In the book, Simpson described how he could have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch canceled publication of the Simpson book and a Fox broadcast special starring Simpson in November 2006, saying it was an ``ill-considered project.

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1. It's Amazing How a Fascist Was Allowed to Buy Up So Much Media (nt)

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2. I'm listening to KO...

talking about this now. He's calling it astounding and Arianna is dissing Hannity---love it love it love IT ---seriesly~ :>)))

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3. While not specifying what information she has about Kerik

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4. KO said that she says she has proof that she was asked to keep quiet

More tomorrow. I'll bet!

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5. Dan Abrams covering it now

Says she was asked to lie about Kerik to help Rudy.

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6. Yes this Abrams is good tonight!

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