Friday, November 6, 2009

Oprah leaving Chicago for LA

Oprah Winfrey and the Discovery Network are preparing a press release announcing the move of her talk show from Chicago to Los Angeles when her current contract ends. Work in LA for the daytime talk show on the OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) should begin in 2011. The show will no longer be shown on local network stations.

Winfrey already owns a home in Montecito, CA near Santa Barbara, along with other real estate holdings around the country (including the Chicago studios). It appears with her own cable network, the advancement of other projects in the pipeline (Precious), her alliance with Tyler Perry, then include her new LA studio plans may forecast more film industry deals in the future.

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