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<p>Rosie O'Donnell's magazine partner, Gruner + Jahr, got dumped. Now all it wants is a good cry, a pint of ice cream, and a supportive group of girlfriends -- straight girlfriends, that is.</p> <p>Apparently, nobody told Gruner + Jahr that when the woman who once meant everything to you dumps you, you should take pause before sending out a revenge letter. Last week's scathing It's over memo, issued after Rosie O'Donnell pulled the plug on her namesake magazine, had all the quivering-upper-lip indignation of a psycho ex-girlfriend: "It is truly shocking and disappointing [translation: We feel so betrayed!]. . . . It is unfathomable to us [The selfish bitch!]. . . . Rosie cannot simply ignore that obligation [This can't be happening!]."</p>

<p>NEW YORK - Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell plans to terminate her magazine publishing joint venture with Bertelsmann AG's Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing, people familiar with the matter said.</p> <p>The magazine, called Rosie, has been roiled since mid-summer amid battles between Ms. O'Donnell and her publisher over who has editorial control of the woman's title.</p>

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Tensions between Rosie O'Donnell and her magazine's publishing partner, Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing, have mounted to the point that the publishing company is considering selling its stake to the ex-talk show queen. "I'm sure Gruner & Jahr would make it attractive" for Ms. O'Donnell to take over Rosie, said one person familiar with the situation. "What's unclear is whether she has an interest in doing that." But this person estimated the likelihood of that happening as being roughly equal with "three or four" other possibilities. 'One day at a time' Asked if Ms. O'Donnell might...