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*Oprah Winfrey has nine million followers on Twitter, and regularly tweets out requests to tune into her one-year-old channel, OWN. But on Sunday night, her pleas crossed a line with the Nielsen ratings company when she tweeted: “Every 1 who can please turn to OWN especially if u have a Neilsen [sic] box,” just as [...]
*Since Oprah’s namesake show went off the air last September, her magazine’s newsstand sales have also faded from sight, reports. Adweek Brass at Hearst, which publishes the 2.4 million circulated publication with Winfrey, had downplayed the impact of the show’s ending on the magazine, saying they expected fans to turn to it to get their [...]
*Deadline.com is reporting exclusively that OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has fired one of Winfrey’s closest and most trusted executives, Lisa Erspamer. According to the website, Erspamer, EVP of production and development for the underperforming cable network, was let go Wednesday (Jan. 25) after an 18-year tenure with Winfrey, and the news was delivered to [...]
*Oprah Winfrey’s new primetime series “Oprah’s Next Chapter” (Sundays, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) will expand to air Sundays and Mondays through February. The series, which features Oprah as she steps outside of the studio for conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders and real-life families, will expand to air part two of her interviews starting Monday, January [...]
*Indian police hauled three of Oprah Winfrey’s bodyguards into custody Thursday after they got into a scrap with local TV journalists, a news agency reported. The talk-show host had been traveling with both American and Indian bodyguards while visiting the Hindu pilgrimage town of Mathura, about 90 miles south of Delhi, according to the AP. [...]
*Oprah Winfrey is currently in India till Jan. 22 to shoot an episode of her new OWN series “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” The talk show host arrived in Mumbai Monday and was welcomed at the luxurious Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel with a traditional garland, while eight visually challenged boys from the charity Happy Home [...]
*Sunday’s two-hour premiere of Oprah Winfrey’s new primetime series “Oprah’s Next Chapter” garnered the network’s highest Sunday premiere ever on OWN 1.1 million total viewers. The premiere episode, which featured an intimate interview with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler at his lake house in Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, posted the highest ratings ever in the 9-11 [...]
*The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has been struggling as of late. That’s not breaking news. Desperate times call for desperate measures and that too is not breaking news. You can best be sure, OWN executives made the announcement of targeting African-American viewers as a weather balloon, a message in the bottle, smoke signal… call it [...]
*Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav on Tuesday urged patience for OWN after insisting his cable network joint venture with Oprah Winfrey will only grow over the next two years. “My job, Oprah’s job, is to create a meaningful audience for OWN over the next two years. That’s what you should watch for and we’re on [...]
*Details and the premiere date of Oprah Winfrey’s anticipated original primetime series “Oprah’s Next Chapter” have been announced – and she is literally praying, walking over hot coals and sleeping with chef Paula Deen to get people to watch. The debut episode will feature Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler from his home in New Hampshire as a [...]
*As Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network, a joint venture with Discovery Communications, is just starting to pull itself out of the ratings doldrums with new programming, her magazine and website continue to struggle following the end of her long-running syndicated talk show, according to Women’s Wear Daily. Observers have said that the real test of [...]
*Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network is extending the orders for its popular shows “Our America With Lisa Ling” and “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has picked up eight more episodes of “Our America” for a total of 16 episodes for the second season, while 10 additional episodes have been ordered [...]
*OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has picked up “Beverly’s Full House,” a reality series featuring former supermodel Beverly Johnson and follows what happens when three generations of her family come together under one roof — her spacious home in Palm Springs. Cameras will follow Johnson, her daughter Anansa (a plus-size model), son-in-law David (a former NFL [...]
*“Through the years people said, ‘What’s your favorite CD?’…this CD is my favorite, said Stellar and Dove Award nominee Vicki Yohe about her newest Praise and Worship album, “I’m At Peace,” off the Shanachie imprint. The live recording is a powerful 11 song offering to her listeners about a journey she was going through. “I [...]
*The $12 million infusion into Oprah Winfrey’s OWN from partner Discovery Communications has yet to help the cable channel turn a profit, according to the New York Post. As previously reported, Discovery spent an additional $12 million on its joint venture with Winfrey in the third quarter — however, the network is still a money [...]
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