Departure of HarperCollins CEO saddens, surprises industry

Submitted by Blake on June 5, 2008 - 5:48pm

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Jane Friedman, whose profitable and apparently joyous reign at HarperCollins abruptly ended this week, is not widely known to the general public. But the CEO's departure stunned, and saddened, an industry that regards her as the most energetic, optimistic and collegial of executives.