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Goodbye to Oprah’s Book Club

Arts, Culture & Media

The publishing industry mourns the end of Oprah’s Book Club, whose endorsement promised exponential increases in book sales.

Your OWN Oprah

Arts, Culture & Media

Armstrong’s Former Teammate on the Cyclist’s Reported Confession

Sports
The World

Oprah’s Take on India Doesn’t Impress Indians

Conflict & Justice

Julian Assange: The Next Oprah?

Oprah Winfrey’s Influence Around the World

Arts, Culture & Media

Oprah Winfrey’s last show airs today, not just in the US, but in more than 150 other countries. Her global influence is massive. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports that there are now scores of copycat shows around the world.

Your Take: Oprah’s Impact on Your Life

Oprah Winfrey is saying farewell to her giant television audience all week, and few would argue that she will leave a big hole in programming, ratings, and in the lives of her faithful daily viewers. Of course, despite her apparent ubiquity, plenty of people pay no attention whatsoever to the mogul. So we wanted to […]

Oprah Winfrey and Race in America

Today Oprah Winfrey signs off after 25 years as the queen of daytime talk. Oprah has built a multi-billion-dollar media empire. She’s one of only two African-Americans ever to grace the Forbes billionaire list –  and the only black woman ever to do so. Many would argue that her success as one of the few black […]

The World

This Week’s Agenda: Obama in Europe, Economy and Oprah

Global Politics

Jason Stallman, editor for the national desk at The New York Times, and Charlie Herman, economics and business editor for The Takeaway and WNYC, discuss the week’s events.

Oprah Book Club: The End

Fans are mourning the end of Oprah Winfrey’s show.  But the loss of the internationally syndicated talk show doesn’t just affect fans, it also affects book sales.  Patrik Henry Bass, Takeaway contributor and senior editor at Essence magazine, talks with us about the impact Oprah has had on the publishing industry, and how publishers are preparing the […]