New Corp.’s HarperCollins Worldwide publishing unit has severed its relationship with high-profile publisher Judith Regan, who had spearheaded the would-be publication of O.J. Simpson’s book, “If I Did It,” several news outlets reported late Friday.
News Corp. on Nov. 20 canceled publication of a book by the former football star on the June 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, and canceled a planned television interview with Simpson.
At the time, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch took the unusual step of issuing a public apology amid the onslaught of negative publicity over the project.
