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We were reading the official HarperCollins press release on the PR-director tumult over at Regan Media earlier this week, and we had to read this unexpected testimonial — from Regan, about new PR director Justin Loeber — twice:

"Justin's life experiences are an added benefit. The fact, for instance, that he spent his youth as a pop singer in the UK will create healthy competition for the Karaoke Fridays that I hope to reinstate now that we have such a talent on board. We are looking forward to his skill as an entertaining leader and visionary."

Karaoke Fridays with a bona fide onetime wannabe British pop singer? We never, ever thought we'd say this, but: We kind of wish we worked for Judith Regan.

Plus, she must do a mean "Barracuda."

Full memo after the jump.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Erin Crum
Communications Manager
(212) 207-XXXX

JUSTIN LOEBER NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE MARKETING AND PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
REGAN MEDIA

New York, NY (November 28, 2005) — HarperCollins Publishers today announced Justin Loeber has been appointed Senior Vice President, Executive Director of Marketing and Publicity for Regan Media. Loeber will begin his new position on January 3, 2006, reporting to Judith Regan, CEO and Publisher, Regan Media.

Loeber comes to Regan Media from Simon and Schuster, Inc., where, since August 2004, he was Vice President, Director of Publicity for Atria Books and Washington Square Press. At Atria, Loeber restructured the publicity department and created campaigns for Michael Jordan, Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson, and Ewan MacGregor, to name a few.

"Justin has a great vision for the future and I am excited that he has joined the Regan Media team. His publishing track record and his optimism are a great inspiration to us all," said Regan. "Justin's life experiences are an added benefit. The fact, for instance, that he spent his youth as a pop singer in the UK will create healthy competition for the Karaoke Fridays that I hope to reinstate now that we have such a talent on board. We are looking forward to his skill as an entertaining leader and visionary."

In 2001 Loeber joined HarperCollins Publishers, working as Director of Publicity for the Ecco and HarperCollins imprints-publicizing books by Lawrence Taylor; Olympia Dukakis; Michael Korda; Anthony Bourdain; Colombian Presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt; and Singapore's First Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yew. Before joining HarperCollins, Loeber was Director of Publicity for Running Press Book Publishers where he structured the publicity department and spearheaded their marketing and serial rights efforts. Loeber was one of the pioneer senior publicists at Broadway Books and has held various positions at William Morrow & Company and Villard.

Prior to his career in publishing, Loeber lived in London, England, where he was a solo pop recording artist signed to rock star Gary Numan's Numa Records. He was the opening act for Numan's Berserker Tour, which toured throughout the United Kingdom. After his stint in England, Loeber returned to America as a recording artist signed to two additional top independent labels, Vinylmania and Emergency Records. Loeber has also produced and created music videos and TV commercials.

HarperCollins is one of the leading English-language publishers in the world and is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NCP, NCPDP). Headquartered in New York, the company has publishing groups in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australasia. Its publishing groups include the HarperCollins General Books Group, HarperCollins Children's Books Group, Zondervan, HarperCollins UK, HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins Australia/New Zealand and HarperCollins India. You can visit HarperCollins Publishers on the Internet at http://www.harpercollins.com.