Oprah

Would you spare a minute for Oprah Winfrey and her new cable TV network OWN? Apparently, ad buyers won't. About 75% of deep-pocketed ad buyers interviewed in a Deutsche Bank survey said that they do not plan to buy commercial time from The Color Purple star. Perhaps it's because the color green --...

Americans -- and Oprah -- are well acquainted with eastern Australia. The cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Cairns get so much play in the American press that the state of Western Australia, home to the sprawling city of Perth, doesn't usually even bother to promote itself in the...

Life is about change, so we might as well embrace it. Looking into our crystal ball, here are a dozen things to look forward to in 2011. It should prove to be a very interesting (and entertaining) year. 1. Oprah Launches Her Own Network After 25 years of toiling in syndication for a few measily...

Some of Monday's top online stories for investors, including: What a McCain-Palin victory might have looked like; how gold and silver could go ballistic by year end; and why Groupon is a real business.

Oprah Winfrey and the audience from her season premiere show are Down Under right now beginning their "Oprah's Australian Adventure." As the Big O wraps up her life as a syndicated-TV demi-goddess, Tourism Australia put together the trip of a lifetime for about 300 loyal viewers who were lucky...

Just in time for Thanksgiving Day-decorating, WalletPop asked celebrity florist, Mark Held, to share ideas for how to achieve the most impact using fall flowers and foliage on a budget. Turns out, the answer might be as close as your own backyard. The go-to guy for A-list celebs such as...

By Lacey Rose, Forbes.com From Judge Judy to Lady Gaga, the best-paid entertainers collectively banked $835 million last year. Hollywood's leading ladies have plenty to boast about financially, until you compare their pay checks to those of their male counterparts. Fair or not, the...

When Oprah gives you a new car, she doesn't ask you to pay for it. But that's what's happening in a new scam that has prompted the Illinois Attorney General's office to warn consumers. Unlucky callers who have been targeted are told they have won a new car in a sweepstakes sponsored by The Oprah...

You might think someone who puts her famous name on everything she does would be comfortable with self-branding. Not Oprah Winfrey. "The idea of being a brand was hard for me to accept," the talk show host and soon-to-be cable network founder said at the American Magazine Conference in Chicago.

Why is John Tesh, the multitalented composer, lifestyle guru and former host of "Entertainment Tonight," using copyrighted content to fill his advice blog? We'd ask him ourselves if he weren't so damned popular.