They may not be based on anything other than hunches, but Peter Lauria has a handful of predictions for the American media industry in 2011 and he’s adamant at least some of the them will come true - including an Oprah ratings failure and a move towards online movie streaming from Google.
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Australian Oprahmania: by the numbers
Thousands of Oprah fans are screaming for their idol (and celebrity guests including Jay-Z, Bon Jovi and Russell Crowe) at the renamed “Oprah House” in Sydney this morning. So just how big is the American multi-media gigastar? Crikey runs the numbers…
Video of the Day: When Oprah and Cancun collide
What happens when you cross an Oprah crowd with a wrap-up of all the news of climate change from the Cancun climate talks?
She didn’t even wave: papers lovelorn over Oprah’s flying visit
You may have heard Oprah’s in town. But newspaper editors felt jilted — the talk show queen wasn’t coming to town, despite all the lovelorn pleading.
Herald Sun’s golliwog doll cue: credibility has run its race
Did anyone at the Herald Sun stop and think last night before putting a golliwog doll next to Oprah Winfrey on the front page of today’s paper?
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… the Cairns Post, not playing hard to get
Oprah’s coming to Oz, haven’t you heard? Excitement is building across the nation, nowhere more than the Cairns Post newsroom which has run a five-day media campaign trying to entice the chat show queen to the north of the Sunshine State.
Media briefs: News Ltd sells Fiji Times …. Nokia cuts HTC’s lunch
A government restriction on press freedom has finally forced News Limited to sell the Fiji Times to a local businessman. Plus, Nokia cuts HTC’s lunchbox and other media news of the day.
The best bits from the Oprah biography
Don’t waste precious hours reading all 525 pages of the new gossip-filled Oprah bio — The Daily Beast has wrapped up all the juciest bits into only two pages.
Why Sarah Palin should be the next Oprah
Ellen, Phil, Tyra… many names are being thrown around as to who should succeed Oprah when she leaves her long-running talk show next year, but Jon Friedman makes the case for a pretty novel one: Sarah. And you know you’d watch it, too.
Video of the Day: Video of the Day: 25 years of Oprah screaming celebrities’ names
Oprah is ending The Oprah Winfrey Show after 25 years on air. Celebrate with 25 years of O screeching out her guest’s names:
Who will be the next Oprah?
Now that Oprah Winfrey has announced she’s ending her show, who will emerge as the heir to her TV throne? Ellen? Dr Phil? Glenn Beck? The NYT weighs up the contenders.
Video of the Day: Sarah Palin on Oprah
Go on, you know you want to watch…
Sarah Palin goes rogue on Oprah: the liveblog
Can’t wait until Sarah Palin’s Oprah appearance hits our screens? Media Alley has a minute-by-minute account, including videos, as Palin talks Levi, 2012, Hillary and her new book.
Oprah lets indie books into her club
Books from independent publishers are rarely anointed by the big O’s seal of approval, but in a recent list of recommended reading, Oprah gave the thumbs-up to titles like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors.
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The Oprah Effect: 1.2 million new tweeters
Former <em>Engadget</em> editor-in-chief Ryan Block has done some research to attempt to quantify the “Oprah Effect” — that is, the number of users who signed up for Twitter after Oprah featured the service on her show on Friday.
Oprah tweets amongst us
She hasn’t yet tweeted, but Oprah’s got a Twitter account now and is not afraid to use it. She already has 52,000 followers.
