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- System snares syndicated shows. (Cox Cable Humboldt's KCBL, Channel 4, Eureka, CA to handle "Wheel of Fortune", "Jeopardy!" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show")
- System Snares Syndicated Shows In a first-of-its-kind deal, the three top-rated syndicated shows will run exclusively on a local origination channel in a Cox system serving Eureka, Calif. Cox Cable Humboldt has created KCBL, Channel 4,...
- Research articles 1990-10-22
- The A Team.(Geraldine Laybourne, Oprah Winfrey, Marcy Carsey, and women's cable programming venture Oxygen Media)(Company Profile)
- Oprah joins Laybourne, Carsey in all-star cable programming venture It's an axiom that an independent company cannot launch a basic network in cable today. But the rules seem to bend in the rarefied air occupied by Geraldine Laybourne. ...
- Research articles 1998-11-30
- Discovery's Digital Head Kayse Tapped To Lead Ad Sales For Oprah's OWN Channel
- After a year and a half as Discovery Communications’ EVP of digital media sales, Kathy Kayse is being moved over to take over ad sales for the company’s forthcoming cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Kayse came to Discovery from AOL (NYSE: TWX)—she had been a 24-year Time...
- External links 2009-10-12
- Oprah's Harpo Films Drops ABC For HBO
- Move over ABC. Harpo Films, the original film division of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions, has found an edgier, less commercially-cluttered platform for its movies: HBO. The AP says Harpo Films and HBO have brokered a three-year deal to make movies, documentaries and TV series. Financial terms were not disclosed,...
- External links 2008-12-17
- The Real Digital Drama Behind Oprah's Move from Broadcast TV
- The real reason Oprah Winfrey is jumping from broadcast to cable TV are profound changes in consumer behavior and digital interactive technology which she will likely put to good use in her next media gig, according to Diane Mermigas. by Diane Mermigas
- Blog posts 2009-11-22
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- Robert Johnson And Oprah Winfrey Make Forbes' List Of 400 Richest People In America
- Cable mogul Robert Johnson and the queen of talk shows Oprah Winfrey are the only Blacks listed among the 400 richest people in America in Forbes magazine. In this annual issue of the business publication, Robert Johnson, 55, founder of Black Entertainment Television BET, earned the No. 172 slot...
- Research articles 2001-10-22
- Oprah Winfrey Cries About Ending Talk Show
- The media mogul teared up Friday morning as officially announced that she was ending her syndicated talk show in 2011. Winfrey is leaving Chicago to apparently focus on her cable channel OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. In her on-camera message, Winfrey...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Will Oprah's Move To Cable Dampen the 'Oprah Effect'?
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Oprah Winfrey's decision to end her long-running syndicated program is a bet on the future of TV -- that niche cable channels, with their dual revenue streams from advertising and subscriptions, will be a more stable media base, and that technology will allow any content provider...
- News items 2009-11-20
- CBS CEO Moonves: In 'Constant Conversations' With Oprah
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- CBS Corp.'s top executive said the company is "in dialogue" with daytime-TV queen Oprah Winfrey about the status of her long-running syndicated program, amidst speculation that the talk-show host could move her show to a cable start-up she has been working on with Discovery Communications. "We...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Even with Oprah, Oxygen Faces Tough Launch.
- Even with the talent of Geraldine Laybourne, Oprah Winfrey and Marcy Carsey behind it, the odds are stacked against a stand-alone, independent cable network like Oxygen, according to cable-industry observers. Last week, Winfrey's Harpo Entert Even with the...
- Research articles 1998-11-30
- Oprah Makes It Official: To Leave Syndicated Show in September [Turning Points]
- And thus an era ends. As rumored she would, Oprah Winfrey announced today that she will give up her syndicated show to focus on building her cable network. Oprah ends a 25 year run that puts hers up with Fidel Castro and Muammar al-Gaddafi as...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Oprah joins satellite-radio club.(Openheimer & Co.)(XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
- Openheimer & Co. cable and satellite analyst Thomas Eagan restated a buy rating on XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. after the company signed a three-year exclusive deal with television icon Oprah Winfrey. The deal calls for XM to pay abou ...
- Research articles 2006-02-13
- Oxygen Promos Secure Oprah's Deal of Approval - Oxygen Media promotions - Brief Article
- Oxygen Media next month pumps up women with an Oprah Winfrey-supported business start-up contest, and this fall the 18-month-old cable channel plans promotions for its first run of Xena: Warrior Princess.
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- Corona, Calif., Chamber Tapes Cable Television Show.
- By E.C. Johnson, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--CORONA, Calif. -- With the microphones in place and the cameras aligned, cries of "quiet on the set" and "rolling" launch the next installment of a television talk show....
- Research articles 2004-01-14
- Milestones
- Oprah Joins Billionaire ClubIn early March, Forbes announced its list of the World s Richest People, and for the first time it included a Black woman: Oprah Winfrey. Winfrey, 49, is the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, and along with her production company, Harpo Productions, she is an investor...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- OWN Taps Comcast's Singer To Manage Distribution, Sales Strategy
- OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture between the media personality and Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), is putting some finishing touches on its executive level staff. Former Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) exec Allan Singer is the latest hire. He has been named EVP of Distribution and Strategy for OWN,...
- External links 2009-10-30
- More reporters embrace an advocacy role
- The "social journalism" that made Oprah Winfrey an international fairy godmother is the new rage in network and cable news, and it's expanding to other media. Increasingly, journalists and talk-show hosts want to "own" a niche issue or problem, find ways to solve it and be...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- UBS Media Week: Discovery's Zaslav: Long-Form Content Doesn't Pay Online
- Do not expect to see any long-form programming on the web from Discovery (NSDQ: DISAB) Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), said David Zaslav, the cable programmer's president and CEO, told an audience on day-three of the UBS Global Media and Communications PDF conference. -- Keeping it short: You will find plenty...
- External links 2008-12-10
- Warner Makes Oxygen Film Deal; 21-Movie Agreement Worth $60 Mil.(TV Currents)
- Byline: Jon Lafayette After a long period of silence, Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution emerged from its shell by selling partial broadcast rights to 21 movies to Oxygen for what some sources said was about $60 million. Oxygen plans to use the...
- Research articles 2004-12-20
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