In the early 1980s, Regan wrote for and edited a number of publications, including
National Enquirer. She
produced a number of television shows, including
Geraldo. She set up the imprint Regan Books with
HarperCollins, where she signed new novelist
Gregory Maguire, author of
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Additional books involved in publishing include
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,
Wicked and
Son of a Witch, also by Gregory Maguire;
Stupid White Men by
Michael Moore;
Private Parts and
Miss America by
Howard Stern;
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by
Neil Strauss;
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by
Robert McKee;
Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell; ''She's Come Undone
and I Know This Much Is True
by Wally Lamb; Juiced
by Jose Canseco; Domicilium Decoratus
by Kelly Wearstler; Shampoo Planet
and Girlfriend in a Coma
by Douglas Coupland; Ruby Ridge
, Citizen Vince
, and Land of the Blind
by Jess Walter; and American Soldier'' by Tommy Franks. In 2006, Fox announced that Regan had interviewed
O. J. Simpson, during which Simpson "confessed" to the
1994 murders of which he had been acquitted. The so-called confession was to air on the Fox network and Regan was to publish Simpson's written confession as a book entitled
If I Did It. After harsh criticism, News Corporation cancelled both the book and the interview with Simpson that was to air on the
Fox Network, eventually pulping some 400,000 copies. The interview would eventually air on the network in March 2018. Lorraine Brooke Associates, a company run by Simpson's daughter, Arnelle, and whose main shareholders were the Simpson children, negotiated the original book deal with Regan and HarperCollins. After its publication was cancelled, rights to the book were awarded by court order to murder victim Ron Goldman's family to satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson, after an earlier judgement by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jay Cristol ruled that Lorraine Brooke Associates was a shell company formed to conceal Simpson's book earnings from them. Lorraine Brooke Associates subsequently filed for bankruptcy. The Goldman family published a revised edition of the book on September 13, 2007, changing the title to
[If] I Did It: Confessions of the Killer, with the cover showing the "If" hidden in the "I" in the title. It became a #1 bestseller. News Corp. fired Regan; she sued and won a reported $10 million. After losing a bidding war to buy
Phaidon Press, in 2013 she became the head of Regan Arts. ==In popular culture==