Oprah, Pushed Out of Broadcast TV by Discovery Execs, Tells Fortune She 'Wasn't Pleased'
Oprah Winfrey, who started the historic 25th and final season of her eponymous show, begins the next phase of the career on January 1, 2011.
With Discovery Communications at the helm, Winfrey goes from her own show to own network—OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
The channel is taking over for Discovery Health.
Winfrey tells Fortune magazine that the courting by Discovery wasn’t easy. She recalls CEO David Zaslav saying ‘I need more of you’ in order to make the deal happen.
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