The suit alleges that Harpo Productions failed to adequately protect audience members before a Dec. 5, 2006, taping of the Oprah Winfrey show. Plaintiff Orit Greenberg claims she suffered “severe and permanant” injuries as a result of a disorderly “seat-yourselves” policy. Chicago Sun-Times (Mar. 19, 2008)
Covering all things Oprah, the blog will be written by Mark Bieganski, an online content “guru” for the newspaper, and apparently someone who covers his subject with religious devotion. The new blog is available at: http://blogs.suntimes.com/oprah/
That’s O-W-N for the ‘Oprah Winfrey Network.’ Howard Stern’s boast that he is the “King of All Media” may be questionable, but can anyone doubt that Oprah really is the Queen? Today, Harpo Productions, Ms. Winfrey’s production company, and Discovery Communications LLC. announced that they are forming a 50-50 joint venture to launch the network, which will [...]
Oprah Winfrey reaches more than 8 million people every weekday on TV and more than 2.5 million readers a month in print. She has earned the deep affection and respect of many of these people, for telling it like it is and by scrupulously avoiding financial gain from the books and other products she talks [...]