HarperCollins acquires rights to Seymour Hersh book on prison scandal

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June 4, 2004 | NEW YORK (AP) -- If you think journalist Seymour Hersh is done pillorying the Bush administration, think again.

Hersh, the journalist for The New Yorker widely credited with revealing the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, has signed on with HarperCollins Publishers to write a book about his pursuit of the story, the company said.


The details of the deal were not disclosed, but the book, to be titled "Chain of Command'' is expected to be published in the fall.

"Sy Hersh has been writing big, important stories for more than 30 years, and we see this book as another milestone in a great career," HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman said in a statement.


"I sensed a real seismic shift in his thinking after Abu Ghraib,'' Hirshey said. "He has become a man on a mission and feels that a book that holds the Bush administration accountable for its intelligence failures and human rights violations in Iraq could have a significant impact on the upcoming elections.''

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[Maat]

1. Hold on - doesn't Murdoch own HarperCollins?

Checking Brock's book. It's downstairs. Oh, well. I'll research it.

[TahitiNut]

3. Yes.

The earliest incarnation of HarperCollins was founded in New York City by two of four Harper brothers in 1817, and called J&J Harper. In addition to an endless list of bestsellers, the Harper Brothers were responsible for the ever-popular Harper's Monthly and Harper's Bazaar magazines. In 1962 the company (renamed Harper & Brothers when the other two brothers joined) merged with textbook publisher Row, Petersen & Co. to become Harper & Row. In 1987 the company was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, and two years later, strengthened its textbook unit with the purchase of Scott, Foresman. When News Corp acquired William Collins in 1990, the two were merged to form HarperCollins Publishers.

http://www1.excite.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,166,00.html

[wryter2000]

4. Don't worry

Murdoch worships money over anything else.

[Gloria]

2. "In the Fall"..........................hopefully, before the you-know-what

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