Oprah surprises her own partners at event

Posted March 24, 2010 at 7:01 a.m.

From the L.A. Times’ Company Town | Oprah Winfrey surprised her Discovery Communications partners at a big presentation to advertisers in Chicago yesterday. Winfrey was not scheduled to attend the event held to promote Discovery’s cable channels — including the Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture between Discovery and Winfrey — but changed her mind Tuesday afternoon and dropped in about 15 minutes after it started. She got a spotlight welcome.

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3 comments:

  1. Tim March 24, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

    Yea!!! Oprah!! Wowweeee!! Oprah is here! Look it’s Oprah!!
    Fascinating information. Thanks Tribune.

  2. BDD March 24, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    What a blessed day for them all. Just imagine being int he same room as Oprah, breathing her air!

  3. jim March 24, 2010 at 12:14 pm

    I saw Oprah riding in her limo about a month or so ago. As I pulled along side the limo on an entrance ramp to the Kennedy, the back window rolled down and it was Oprah. She flagged me to roll my window down and when I did, she asked, “How to I get to 294?”. I suggested she lose 30 pounds.