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Why is Oprah ending her show in 2011?

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jkwilson | 2 years, 6 months ago
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The truth is that Oprah has started her own broadcast network - the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), which she is doing in partnership with Discovery Communications. They will replace their own Discovery Health channel with the Oprah Winfrey Network. While the network will launch in 2010, Oprah will honor her 25 year contract with CBS (which distributes her shows) which ends in September of 2011 before beginning any personal broadcasts on her new network.

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edwardclint | 2 years, 6 months ago
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Oprah will be talking about the reasons of ending her show in 2011, lets watch it.

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"Don Halcombe, a spokesman for Harpo Productions, declined to comment on why Winfrey had made the decision.

"She's going to talk about it on the show tomorrow," he told AFP."

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bbolan | 2 years, 6 months ago
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Oprah is starting her own network with the Discovery Channel. It will be called Oprah Winfrey Network or OWN. She will then completely own the show and its distribution.

So while the show will no longer be seen on ABC affiliates, it will be a leverage chip used to get the OWN on the basic cable networks. This is key to the idea in that there are numerous "networks" trying to become a part of a basic package as they then get paid by the cable providers based on the number of homes they are delivered to.

When the Big 10 Channel had a similar beef with Comcast, they wanted $2 per subscriber and wanted to be free. Comcast eventually made a deal with them.

The popularity of the Oprah show will make cable providers bend over backwards to make sure that the OWN is on their basic package. Otherwise, customers will switch providers to make sure they get their OPRAH.

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lon | 2 years, 6 months ago
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None of the articles I've seen give any particular reason why. I'd just figure she's running out of steam. It must be exhausting to keep up her schedule, and she's been doing it for a very long time. She probably just wants to devote more time to her other interests, charities and personal relationships. Honestly, she probably hasn't ever taken a lot of time to just enjoy her success.

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agsfg | 2 years, 6 months ago
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She's embarrassed for pushing such a lousy president on the American people.

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mollyfud | 2 years, 6 months ago
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Ratings are tanking so you jump before you are pushed! That way you get a ratings boost by people watching for that last year. Also lets you start reminiscing in 2010!

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