Rosie Suit Headed To Trial

Former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is heading to trial with the publishers of her former magazine, Rosie, which closed down last year.

An Oct. 28 trial date was set Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court in the case pitting O'Donnell against magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr USA, a division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

The magazine shut down last fall amid a dispute between G+J and O'Donnell, who said she was being denied editorial control over the magazine as promised in their contract. G+J said O'Donnell had acted unprofessionally and irresponsibly, and sued her for breach of contract.

Rosie debuted in April 2001 as part of a partnership to revive struggling McCall's magazine. The joint venture gave O'Donnell and G+J each a 50 percent stake in the business. G+J also publishes Parents, Fitness, Fast Company and Family Circle magazines.