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Oprah Sets Date for Cable Launch, Show Move

Discovery Channel to media mogul: 'Move it or lose it'

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2009 1:50 PM CST

(Newser) – The long-awaited launch of Oprah's cable network is set for early 2011, and her syndicated talk show will move to the new Oprah Winfrey Network—and from Chicago to Los Angeles. The switch from Discovery Health Channel to OWN was originally set for mid-2009, and Discovery threatened to rescind the offer, saying it wanted her to "move it or lose it," Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood reports.

The Oprah camp is “trying to figure out what to do with her mini-city in Chicago, and which personnel she can and will move out to LA in the next six months,” Finke writes.

Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey.   (AP Photo)
Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey.   (AP Photo)
Oprah Winfrey, a member of the foiled Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team, arrives at the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Oct. 1, 2009.
Oprah Winfrey, a member of the foiled Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team, arrives at the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Oct. 1, 2009.   (AP Photo/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
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COMMENTS
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Netstorm2k10
Nov 6, 2009 9:04 AM CST
Who gives a shit?
Reader68389796
Nov 5, 2009 9:29 AM CST
Welcome to LA Oprah, the greatest city in the world!
cochiserocks
Nov 5, 2009 9:15 AM CST
you get a thumbs up from me for the word play @Timinator! :-)

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