https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93 Made with big dreams en-us 2018-10-11 13:31:47 UTC 2026-01-15 06:19:21 UTC hello@padlet.com s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291719429 2018-10-11 13:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291719429 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291725496 Oprah Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, on January 29, 1954. In 1976, Winfrey moved to Baltimore, where she hosted a hit television chat show.]]> 2018-10-11 13:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291725496 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291726408 Winfrey launched The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1986 as a nationally syndicated program. With its placement on 120 channels and an audience of 10 million people, the show grossed $125 million by the end of its first year, of which Winfrey received $30 million. She soon gained ownership of the program from ABC, drawing it under the control of her new production company, Harpo Productions ('Oprah' spelled backwards) and making more and more money from syndication.]]> 2018-10-11 13:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291726408 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291728752 American television host, actress, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. After a troubled adolescence in a small farming community, where she was sexually abused by a number of male relatives and friends of her mother, Vernita, she moved to Nashville to live with her father, Vernon, a barber and businessman. She entered Tennessee State University in 1971 and began working in radio and television broadcasting in Nashville.]]> 2018-10-11 13:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291728752 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291743041 The media giant contributed immensely to the publishing world by launching her "Oprah's Book Club," as part of her talk show. The program propelled many unknown authors to the top of the bestseller lists and gave pleasure reading a new kind of popular prominence.]]> 2018-10-11 14:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291743041 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291745845 2018-10-11 14:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291745845 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291746531 in 2002, she concluded a deal with the network to air a prime-time complement to her syndicated talk show. Her highly successful monthly, O: The Oprah Magazine debuted in 2000, and in 2004, she signed a new contract to continue The Oprah Winfrey Show through the 2010-11 season.]]> 2018-10-11 14:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291746531 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291747062 In 2009, Oprah Winfrey announced that she would be ending her program when her contract with ABC ended, in 2011. Soon after, she moved to her own network, the Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture with Discovery Communications.

]]> 2018-10-11 14:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291747062 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291747752 2018-10-11 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291747752 s8700004 https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291748571 Winfrey’s television empire was launched at the studio and it had been home to her daily syndicated talk show through its finale in 2011.]]> 2018-10-11 14:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s8700004/5521s7kttj93/wish/291748571