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In 2002, Fortune called O, the Oprah Magazine the most successful start-up ever in the industry. [106] Although its circulation had declined by more than 10 percent 2.4 million from 2005 to 2008, the January 2009 issue was the best selling issue since 2006. [ 107 ]
The early life of Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey became the world’s only Black billionaire in 2003 and held this position for three years. She remains one of the wealthiest women on the planet ...
29 years ago today, on September 8, 1986, The Oprah Winfrey Show is broadcast nationally for the first time. Her daytime talk show became an instant success, and Winfrey has since become one of ...
The company's origins can trace back to 1985 when Oprah appeared in The Color Purple.Winfrey founded her own company in 1986. Oprah Winfrey got her roots in 1988 when Harpo Productions had to acquire her eponymous talk show from ABC O&O WLS-TV in Chicago, and automatically renewed its deal with King World Productions, who held minority interest, which was set to expire in 1991.
By 1985, the local A.M. Chicago program was renamed to The Oprah Winfrey Show. [11] Following Winfrey's success in performing in the role of Sofia in the film The Color Purple (for which she earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations), on September 8, 1986, the talk show was relaunched under its current title and picked up nationally. [12]
Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her family wanted to give her a Biblical name, so they ...
In 1998 Winfrey became the first woman and first African American to top Entertainment Weekly's list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry. [11] In 2003 Winfrey edged out both Superman and Elvis Presley to be named the greatest pop culture icon of all time by VH1. [ 12 ]
In honor of Winfrey’s 67th birthday on Jan. 29, take a look at how she became a billionaire. Read: Oprah and 24 Other Celebrities With Business Empires Net worth: $2.6 billion