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Lance Armstrong admits doping to Oprah

Lance Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, reversing more than a decade of denial.

 

Winfrey’s Low-Rated Cable Channel Is Poised to Break Through

Oprah Winfrey

The cable channel benefited from Lance Armstrong’s confessional interview and a deal to collect subscriber fees from some of the country’s biggest satellite and cable operators.

 

Discovery CEO: OWN on Track to Reach Profitability in Back Half of 2013

Oprah Winfrey

OWN, the cable network joint venture of Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications, "remains on track" to reach profitability in the back-half of 2013, Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Tuesday. Previously, the company had promised that the network would reach cash flow break-even some time during the second half of next year and then post profits.

 

Oprah Winfrey Network Reaches Deal With Comcast

Oprah Winfrey's cable channel struck a deal with Comcast that will lift the number of homes in which the network can be seen and give it subscriber fees.

 

OWN shakeup tests Winfrey, Discovery relationship

Oprah Winfrey is used to running the show, whether it was her hit daytime TV program or the fledgling cable channel named for her and which she rules as chairman and chief executive. But this week's Oprah Winfrey Network shakeup, which included a 20 percent staff layoff, thrusts her into a new dynamic: power-sharing with a top executive from the company that's bankrolled OWN with $300 million-plus.

 

Oprah Winfrey Network lays off one-fifth of staff

Opera Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey's struggling television network, OWN, said Monday it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles....

 

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network axes 'The Rosie Show'

Rosie O'Donnell

Oprah Winfrey's OWN network is pulling the curtain on "The Rosie Show" after five months on the air.

 

Oprah Winfrey speaks to Bobbi Kristina Brown about the death of Whitney Houston

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late Whitney Houston, spoke publicly for the first time about her mother’s death during Sunday’s episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” that program on Oprah’s OWN network that you probably never watched until last night’s Whitney Houston episode.

 

Winfrey looks to the Web to energize her network

After 25 years on TV, Oprah Winfrey says she's having the time of her life on the Web. The 57-year-old mogul is connecting with viewers through her weekly webcasts, and she says it's "the most fun I've had ever."

 

'The Rosie Show' Premieres Tonight: What Can You Expect?

'The Rosie Show' Premieres Tonight: What Can You Expect?

Rosie O'Donnell is back! The Queen of Nice sits down with actor Russell Brand for her show's premiere, airing on OWN at 7 pm Stand-up comedy. Fun music. Longer-then-usual celebrity chats. These are some of the features we can expect on The Rosie Show ...

 

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