Keith Olbermann's Rupert Murdoch Imitation Involves Gawker , Pirates [Feuds]

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 Keith Olbermann's Rupert Murdoch Imitation Involves  Gawker , Pirates [Feuds]
Looking for a decent excuse to advance his long-simmering feud with Rupert Murdoch and to do a weird Australian/pirate accent, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann seized upon the words of a former News Corp. insider, who claimed in one of our posts this morning that Murdoch fired Jane Friedman from HarperCollins because she canned powerhouse publisher Judith Regan in late 2006, and also because she ... [link]

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As the Murdoch World Turns
Published 6/6/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
Gawker has the clip of last night's Worst Person segment on Countdown. In a nutshell it has to do with recently departed Harper Collins CEO Jane Friedman, Judith Regan, her OJ book, antisemitism and Roger Ailes. It would take too much to explain, so watch the clip if you care. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media

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