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#Oprah ain't goin' nowhere, she's starting her own cable channel with herself as the centerpiece. Trust Nikki Finke: http://bit.ly/12Rqdm 2 days ago |
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Oprah leaving her talk show http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/the-end-of-oprah-as-we-know-her/ 2 days ago |
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Oprah To Give Up Daytime Show: Move to Cable Network http://bit.ly/3TeO2D 12 days ago |
Oprah Reportedly Ready to Walk Away from Her Show [Oprah]
Gawker —
[image] If this pans out, it's is a huge showbiz announcement. Nikki Finke has posted that Oprah Winfrey has decided to give up her CBS-syndicated show and moving her eponymous daytime chat show to her own cable network. With the contract on Oprah's show running out, and with her fledgling ...
Oprah to Possibly Leave Broadcast TV, End World
Vulture —
... PANIC. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke reports today that Oprah has decided not to extend her deal with CBS to keep The Oprah Winfrey Show on the network and in Chicago. Instead, in 2011, she'll move it to her own Los Angeles–based Oprah Winfrey Network, a much-delayed joint venture between Winfrey and Discovery Communications. (Finke's CBS source says no decision has yet been made, though Oprah had allegedly planned to tell Les Moonves last month, but had to cancel their meeting.) This reportedly follows an ultimatum from Discovery boss David Zaslav, who ...
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Cityfile.com - Dailyfile —
... • Is Oprah preparing to leave her syndicated show behind and take her act to OWN, her long-delayed cable network? That's the rumor anyway. [DH] ...
The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Sold to Who's Who Publisher [Trade Round Up]
Gawker —
... , but she gets beaten by Sharon Waxman on the Hollywood Reporter story (assuming it pans out) and her biggest scoop of the year , the news about Oprah's departure from her syndicated show, still has yet to be confirmed by anyone else, with all sources still, a week later, publicly saying that no decision has been made. It may yet turn out that Oprah will end up making the leap, but some are wondering is it possible Nikki jumped the gun claiming the deal was done? Send an email to Richard Rushfield, the author of this post, at ...
Nikki Finke's Cut-and-Paste Method [How Things Work]
Gawker —
... story. She broke the news that Winfrey would leave the show three weeks ago. And she got the transcript of Oprah's announcement up on her site bright and early this morning. By stealing it. Finke posted embedded video of a small portion of Winfrey's remarks at 9:45 a.m. California time, roughly an hour and forty-five minutes after Winfrey announced on her show that she was calling it quits after next season. She ...
