Oprah Gets Her Own TV Network
The world’s richest woman in entertainment is about to get a whole lot richer–Oprah Winfrey is getting her own TV network!
Oprah is combining forces with Discovery Communications in a deal that would dissolve the Discovery Health network to create OWN — the Oprah Winfrey Network.
“The focus of the channel will be the focus of Oprah’s brand, which is to educate and inspire people to live the best life they can,” said David Zaslav, Discovery Communications chief.








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Amber girl enjoy the rest of your day. Team Lara Croft I had a good laugh reading your crap. TLC i know what would relax you and calm you to heck down…a nice big fat juicy ________________ fill in the blank. I was gonna say burger but use your imagation. LMAO. Peace I’m out.
Amber and Sinna: Yes, Oprah does nto care about me so do you think she cares that you think she caters too much to White people? Please. Oprah is smart enough to understand that her show is not “The Oprah Winfrey Show in Kenya” so if she wants to be the mogul she is - sh ehas to be able to go into EVERY American home as she does. Newsflash: Most people in America are White so to have the numbers she has, most of her fans MATHEMATICALLY have to be White. That is just the way it is. Jay-Z and 50 Cents know eventhough they write about the hood, the majority of their records are bought by White kids. Micahel Jordan knows the way to become the mogul he has become is to sell cereal and sneakers to White folks and Black folks. That you don’t understand this says you have a truly distorted view of business in America. Yes, I love to hear myself talk cause I make sense unlike your biased crap.
And if a Talk Show Host does not want to have White guests then, if it is legal, make that your goal. Screen the show on BET, don’t invite White guests and talk about predominatly black subjects. That is one option. Is that what you all want? Tyra and Oprah know what being a businesswoman is all about. You do a disservice to Black women to limit them like this. Donald Trump is not accused of catering to any community because he knows first and foremost, his goal is to make the utmost money. Why can’t that be teh goal of a Black woman? And the ONLY way to do that in America is to have a HUGE amount of White support. Otherwise, it is time for Good Day Nairobi on Public Access!
TLC: Bravo. That is the problem with the Black community. When you make it, they tear each other down and when you’re down, they curse at you. Divide and Conquer. That is why we are still where we are today. Nowhere. You don’t hear White women complaining about Barbara Walters or Martha Stewart. Black people need to wake up. Oprah girl, go where the money is. And yes, I am Black and I like Oprah.
You do a disservice to Black women to limit them like this.
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Team Lara Croft - why do you keep going on with your drivel?! LOL. Seriously. Not only do you KEEP reading into stuff that isn’t written, but then you ASSUME that whatever little twisted thing you think up is what both of us actually believe…you really DO think way too highly of yourself. Everything you just said was what Sinna and I have both said. Wherever money is, you’ll go, period. That’s what Oprah does. So how do we not understand business again? LOL. Please take some exlax and continue the breathing exercises….lord knows you need it. Have a nice evening!
I find it disturbing that they have to dissolve the Discovery Health Channel to make room for Oprah. As if television isn’t already a cesspool of dumbed-down shows, they have to add more by getting rid of an EDUCATIONAL tv network. Couldn’t they have given her Oxygen? WE? The freakin’ Hallmark Channel???
TLC - Thank you for agreeing with what Amber and I were saying. Damn it took you getting all stressed out , flustered and worked up, using up all your vocabulary words to get to the same point that we were trying to make. LOL
Amber: Gosh you’re Coward. Wow. How boring. And how sad. Oprah does not cater to anyone. She presents herself as she is: overweight, not the most beautiful, articulate, smart and an independent thinker. It so happens the formula worked in the most unexpected way. She manages to embrace both Blacks and Whites on her show and she knows alienating Whites would be economically stupid. But this does not mean she kisses up to them or dismisses being Black. Black women have the right to do and associate with whom they please. That is what they worked hard for in this country. Get off this blog with your pea brain mentality and get re-educated. You’re stuck in the past and unable to appreciate a woman who beat the odds.
If Oprah was a hateful, racist ***** who ranted against White people, you’d be the first to crucify her. You are jealous, plain and simple. Good luck with your “Black Themes only” magazine.
Did you know “Essence” magainze is owned by a WHite company “Time Inc”? And did you know Johnson hair products, Motown and Black Entertainment Television (BET) are White owned? You need to rethink your whole pov. It is full of holes like your brain.
Oprah might have achieved all she ever wanted and beyond, I am not going to go blindly worshipping her like some people here. I am calling a spade a spade ,its my opinion and I have the right to voice it.
OPTV LOL
+++++++Anger Amber and Silly Sinna - Get off the White people’s computer and cut it out. Dell and Apple are not Black owned so boycott them and leave us be. Stop catering to White people by using computers created by White people.
don’t like oprah. don’t like rosie either. fat cows.
Amber: Gosh you’re Coward. Wow. How boring. And how sad. Oprah does not cater to anyone. She presents herself as she is: overweight, not the most beautiful, articulate, smart and an independent thinker. It so happens the formula worked in the most unexpected way. She manages to embrace both Blacks and Whites on her show and she knows alienating Whites would be economically stupid. But this does not mean she kisses up to them or dismisses being Black. Black women have the right to do and associate with whom they please. That is what they worked hard for in this country. Get off this blog with your pea brain mentality and get re-educated. You’re stuck in the past and unable to appreciate a woman who beat the odds.
If Oprah was a hateful, racist ***** who ranted against White people, you’d be the first to crucify her. You are jealous, plain and simple. Good luck with your “Black Themes only” magazine.
Did you know “Essence” magainze is owned by a WHite company “Time Inc”? And did you know Johnson hair products, Motown and Black Entertainment Television (BET) are White owned? You need to rethink your whole pov. It is full of holes like your brain.
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“Black Themes only” magazine?! LMFAO ROTFL! Now I’ve REALLY heard it all from you. Like I said before, I’m not going to resort to fighting or name calling with faceless strangers online, but you really aren’t that bright. Nowhere did I say my magazine was going to be “black themed” only. LOL. This is what I’m talking about when I was talking about you assuming and then putting your thoughts off on others….that’s a sign of a serious mental condition. I would look into that if I were you, for real. It’s not healthy to keep going on and on like this. LOL. You’ll give yourself high blood pressure.
Sinna @ 01/15/2008 at 5:12 pm
TLC - Thank you for agreeing with what Amber and I were saying. Damn it took you getting all stressed out
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Hahahahahaha! No, you just became a coward and pretending you were saying what I was saying all along. You said Oprah caters to White people and that you both only knew one Black person who liked her. Be courageous and admit to your shennanigans, or go back to Junior college and learn something for real. Dummies. I love it!
Amber: according to your outlook on life, your magazine needs to be black themed. Cause you claim Oprah caters only to Whites and then,….oh! only to Upper class Black folks. THAT is what you said. So you can’t say that and try to have a diverse magazine. no, you need to have one that caters to Crackhead Hookers. That is what is authentic in your biased and uneducated mind. Just cause you went to school does not mean you are educated. You’re dumb as a bat. Good luck with your mag, like I said, if Susan Taylor did not figure out how to keep the magazine Black after 30 or so years, then good luck to you. And her magazine is full of black female stories only but at the end fo the day, if the big man making the big bucks is the White guy at Time, Inc - what is the point? At least Oprah owns her stuff. Owns it like nobody’s business and THAT tears away at you - jealous cow! Get lost. You’re bitter. Get over it. And wke up.
#63 - And you’re an adult?! Maybe you should be the one to go back to Junior college….
It’s not healthy to keep going on and on like this. LOL.
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So Amber, why are YOU still here answering?
Charisma @ 01/15/2008 at 5:27 pm
#63 - And you’re an adult?! Maybe you should be the one to go back to Junior college…
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I have never been to JC. Went straight from a top NY private high school to one of the best colleges in the country. Sorry to disappoint you.
Team Lara Croft - Jealousy is not in my handbook, sweetheart. I don’t knock anyone’s hustle, because that’s exactly what this is - her hustle. Jealousy is a vice that doesn’t pay to have. Neither does being an adult who sits on blogs all day living through other people and getting POed when everyone doesn’t agree with her. So you keep on believing that everything you say is what I believe…I don’t want to take that from you. You need it too much.
America is a sad place. An honest thread about a great achievement, possibly the first woman to own her own network, and all some people can do is say mean and negative things about her. Oprah, I am not Black or White and I am proud of you! You are the American Dream. God bless America.
TLC
I will say this though - I admire how you keep at it when you really believe what you’re saying. Parlay that into something constructive (other than being on here getting heated over an opinion) and you’re going places. Ciao :)
amber @ 01/15/2008 at 5:31 pm
Team Lara Croft - Jealousy is not in my handbook, sweetheart. I don’t knock anyone’s hustle, because that’s exactly what this is - her hustle. Jealousy is a vice that doesn’t pay to have. Neither does being an adult who sits on blogs all day living through other people and getting POed when everyone doesn’t agree with her. So you keep on believing that everything you say is what I believe…I don’t want to take that from you. You need it too much.
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Your first post was at 2:20pm on 1/15/08 (before my first) adn you are still here. You ave spent just the same amount of time, actually more, on this blog all day too. Do you see the irony in this? Or did it go over your head like everything else? i fyou have problems with people on blogs all day, why are you still here for God’s sake? Huh? …Run along now…you surely have more important things to do..
amber @ 01/15/2008 at 5:33 pm
TLC
I will say this though - I admire how you keep at it when you really believe what you’re saying. Parlay that into something constructive (other than being on here getting heated over an opinion) and you’re going places.
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Thanks for the advice. I take it to heart. You’re a true sweetie. You have a human and kind side. Thank you for sharing. And on your end, learn to accept that some Black women will be more successful and richer and better off than you and don’t hold it in and let it tear away at your heart. And good luck on your quest to not cater to White people. Hope it works out well for you in your everyday life. Keep living the dream. With utmost respect and love,
TLC
omg what is this world coming to. this woman is slowly taking over the world with a caring smile on her face. The last thing she needs is her own channel…booooooooo
Not so much a thing about whether or not Oprah is all pro black. Who cares about that? It should never be a race thing. I do however have a problem with how she sends most of her “help” money to the other countries such as Africa ect and you never ever see how shes been helping homeless, needy, starving children, girls, women or anyone in her own home U.S.A. When she starts doing that I will then feel better about her. *Remember to feed your own hungry children before you feed your neighbors children and God knows we have plenty of hungry children in America.
excuse me Jim n0.74, Oprah IS feeding her children, her ancester children, shes black you know and when she helps those in africa she is helping her heritage, you know we african americans are kin to africans and very proud of it, if i had money like that i would help them also, its her money she can do what she likes and anyway what about Leeona Hemsley that ***** that left all her money to a cat and you know damn well that cat wont get that $. but idiots like that noone says anything … bravo oprah…………
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