Crown Publishing Group will publish a biography of Oprah Winfrey by Kitty Kelley, biographer of the rich and famous. Oprah did not participate in the book, which will be released April 13th. CNN.com Jan. 22, 2010
Live Your Best Life Weekend, May 7-9, will include seminars with O magazine editors and events with Ms. Winfrey, herself. People Jan. 11, 2010
Reports suggest that she likely will concentrate her efforts on OWN, her nascent cable television network. The New York Times Nov. 21, 2009
A Hearst Magazines press release about the first-ever cover of The Oprah Magazine featuring someone in addition to Oprah, herself, is included below in its entirety.
April cover revealed on today’s Oprah Winfrey Show
OPRAH WINFREY SHARES THE COVER OF O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE WITH MICHELLE OBAMA
A FIRST AFTER 105 ISSUES, OBAMA APPEARS WITH [...]
Oprah Winfrey has reportedly directed editors of O: The Oprah Magazine to plan for covers without her in six months time. The star, who has appeared on every cover since the monthly’s launch in 2000, apparently wants to take a break from the photo shoots. The New York Post (Aug. 21, 2008)
Oprah Winfrey is not expected to introduce Barack Obama or take any other leading role, at this month’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, either because she doesn’t want to steal the spotlight (the idea advanced by Oprah associate Gayle King) or because her TV ratings suffered from her very public support of Obama in the primaries [...]
She’s not taking on water, but Oprah appears to be sailing into, perhaps, a touch of foul weather. That any of the multifarious enterprises Oprah Winfrey captains isn’t doing stupendously well is news, so here is the NYT’s take on what dips in audience numbers for Oprah’s daytime TV show and magazine may mean [...]
Amy Gross leaves after a highly successful, eight-year run at the helm of what is believed to be Hearst’s second most profitable magazine. When asked about her future plans, she said, “I plan to go on retreats … I’m not jealous of anything or anybody except people who go on retreats.” The New York Post (Apr. [...]
In what may be P&G’s biggest public-relations ad play ever, the CPG giant will donate one tetanus shot to an expectant mother for each package of specially marked Pampers diapers sold in August. Yesterday, Oprah Winfrey announced the Unicef campaign on television show, along with Salma Heyek, who is spokesperson for the effort. The star [...]