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Oprah’s OWN Network Wants Her Black Audience Back

Oprah Winfrey, having largely geared her brand towards Middle-American white women over the course of her rising career, is now working to regain her Black audience.

Struggling to attract a large viewership nearly eleven months since her fledgling OWN network premiered, Winfrey, the network executives, is switching up her game plan, acknowledging that she is going after black audiences.

The Grio reports:

Though it’s

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Oct 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm

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One More Try! Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network Set To Relaunch

After months of failing to live up to the success of her extraordinarily popular television talk show, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network is undergoing a makeover.

According to Forbes, Winfrey and Discovery Communications is upping the network’s advertising push as well as featuring two of the network’s biggest stars, Winfrey herself and Rosie O’Donnell.

Adding to a laundry list of problems the channel has faced — too high on the channel guide, unclear brand, not

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Feb 1, 2011 at 12:00 pm

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Top 9 Black Television Talk Show Hosts

You got questions? These nine television hosts probably had them too, for a wide array of celebrities, politicians, athletes, and everyday people with amazing stories. Check out our list of the nine best black television talk show hosts.

1. Oprah Winfrey
Initially The Oprah Winfrey Show was just another talk show when it debuted in 1986. But what made it stand out and rise above the rest was the show’s host. Now The Oprah Winfrey Show is only a small part of

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Apr 30, 2010 at 5:30 pm

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Oprah Wants You To Make Your Car A No Phone Zone

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been urging viewers to make their cars a “no phone zone” for weeks now, and she has joined forces with a variety of transportation safety organizations to designate Friday as “No Phone Zone Day.”

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Ron Thompson

Jan 29, 2010 at 8:37 pm

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Gallery: African American Media Trailblazers

There are several African Americans that have made strides for us in media, check out this gallery that pays tribute to a few of those people.

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Joe Madison

Dec 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm

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Obama Grades Himself “Solid B+” For First Year In Office

US President Barack Obama, in remarks aired late Sunday, awarded himself a B plus for his first 11 months in office, stressing in an interview with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey that there was still much to be done.

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