Oprah Winfrey Announces New Network
Oprah Winfrey announced on November 20, 2009 that she is implementing a new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The network is designed to inform, entertain, and inspire people to live their best lives. OWN will premier in January 2010 on what is currently the Discovery Health Channel. Discovery Communications president and CEO David Zaslav said, "There is no bigger brand in media than Oprah Winfrey. She has changed the broadcast landscape and how people consume television. Along the way, she impacted our culture and touched us all. We congratulate her and our friends at Harpo for their many achievements, and their years of creating truly ground-breaking television. Discovery Communications has a tremendous partner in Oprah, and we look forward to bringing her and her creative vision, programming and unique voice to approximately 80 million homes on OWN, as well as online through the award-winning Oprah.com."
I think that is an enormous feat for Oprah to take on. Very rarely does one person own a network let alone a famous one named after oneself. I do find it a little much though. People basically worship her and I’m not so fond of that. I’m curious to see if Oprah’s influence will reach even further.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/discovery-communications-statement-regarding-todays-announcement-by-oprah-winfrey-70633407.html
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