Publishing doyenne Judith Regan is (again) none too pleased with professional goader Michael Wolff. Prior to his writing The Man Who Owns the News, a biography of Rupert Murdoch, Wolff asked for comments from Regan. (Regan was fired from Murdoch-owned HarperCollins over the O.J. Simpson memoir If I Did It…) Regan refused, and Wolff’s subsequent portrayal of her included the phrases “a nut," "unemployable anywhere else," and "a reviled figure”—all of which are leading her to talk lawsuit. Their turmoil is long-lived, with Regan telling the Daily News, “Michael Wolff has been obsessed with me and my sex life for close to 30 years. I'm finally going to give him what he wants—he's going to get [bleeped] by Judith Regan." That’s something two writers should recognize: fighting words.
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