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News Corp., Regan Reach Settlement

Axed publisher 'not anti-Semitic,' company says after ugly spat

By Zach Samalin, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 25, 2008 4:07 PM CST

(Newser) – Judith Regan's acrimonious $100-million wrongful-termination suit against News Corp. came to a close today, with the ex-publisher and media giant reaching an undisclosed settlement. If Gawker's estimates of $20 to $25 million are meaningful, Regan may indeed have outfoxed Fox, which initially offered her $6... Read full story »

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