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2003; Jim Kirk, “Putting Talk Shows on Notice,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 15, 1995; Jae-Ha Kim, “Behind the Scenes at ‘Oprah,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 4, 1994; “Rack Race,” July 4, 1994; Dana Kennedy, “A New Soap Oprah,” Entertainment Weekly, Nov. 11, 1994; Gretchen Reynolds, “The Oprah Myth,” TV Guide, July 23, 1994; Robert Feder, “Oprah’s Ex-Producer Lands NBC Online Gig,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 2, 2000; Bill Zwecker, “United Front Ousted Oprah Aide,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 29, 1994; “Oprah Wins Two Emmys,” Chicago Tribune, May 20, 1995; “Oprah’s Secretary Quits,” National Enquirer, Sept. 20, 1994; Mike Kerrigan, “Oprah Studio ‘Big Happy Family’ Is a Sham,” Globe, Nov. 15, 1994; Robert Feder, “Publicist Claims Oprah in ‘Chaos,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 26, 1994; Irv Kupcinet, “Kup’s Column,” Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 30, 1994; Ellen Warren and Terry Armour, “Oh, No: Oprah Faces Tribulation of Another Trial,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 20, 2000; Susan Crabtree, “Trash TV Pulls America Down the Tubes,” Insight, Dec. 4, 1995; Dan Santow, “Christmas at Oprah’s,” Redbook, Dec. 1994.

TV/DVDS: “Living a Secret Life,” Oprah After the Show, Oxygen, aired Sept. 21, 2004 (viewed at www.oprah.com); The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set).

INTERVIEWS: Confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007; confidential source, May 24, 2007; correspondence with Jeanette Angell, May 3, 2007; correspondence with Gloria Steinem, Nov. 29, 2007; Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; confidential source, June 8, 2007; Andy Behrman, Aug. 24, 2007; confidential source, Jan. 2, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 28, 2007; Patty O’Toole, Nov. 20, 2008; confidential source, June 24, 2008; correspondence with Adam Shapiro, Mar. 6, 2009; Dianne Laughlin, Aug. 7, 2007; confidential source, Sept. 7, 2007.

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RECORDS: Documents in the case of Paul Natkin and Stephen Green v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 1:99-cv-05367, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; “Oprah: Make the Connection,” Buena Vista Home Video and Harpo Productions press release, Sept. 11, 1997; “Oprah’s Book Club Fact Sheet,” The Oprah Winfrey Show press release, Sept. 1999; transcript, “The Man Who Kept Oprah Awake at Night,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oct. 26, 2005; transcript, “James Frey and the A Million Little Pieces Controversy,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, Jan. 26, 2006.

BOOKS: Neil Steinberg, The Alphabet of Modern Annoyances (Doubleday, 1996); Cecilia Konchar Farr, Reading Oprah (SUNY Press, 2005); Bob Greene and Oprah Winfrey, Make the Connection (Hyperion, 1996); Kathleen Rooney, Reading with Oprah, Second Edition (University of Arkansas Press, 2008); Eva Illouz, Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery (Columbia University Press, 2003); James Frey, A Million Little Pieces (Anchor, 2004).

ARTICLES: Kevin Williams, “Oprah Steps out of the Gutter,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 8, 1995; Julie A. Johnson, “Oprah Captures the Prize in ’96,” Advertising Age, Jan. 13, 1997; Eric Zorn, “Trying to Keep Up with O. J.?” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 12, 1995; Steve Johnson, “Ratings Slide, Winfrey’s Happy She Took the High Road,” Chicago Tribune, May 1, 1995; Robert Feder, “Oprah Still Reigning as Talk-Show Queen,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 3, 1995; John J. O’Connor, “Yes, More on the Trial That Won’t Go Away,” New York Times, June 12, 1996; Daryl Fears, “Black Opinion on Simpson Shifts,” Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2007; Ruth Ann Leach, “Oprah Told the Truth About How Many Blacks Feel About Whites,” Nashville Banner, Oct. 5, 1995; “Oprah: I’ll Help You Fight Back,” Now, Oct. 24, 1996; Laura B. Randolph, “Oprah!” Ebony, July 1995; John Carmody, “The TV Column,” Washington Post, Feb. 14, 1997; Chinta Strausberg, “Pincher Rips Oprah for Having Fuhrman on Show,” Chicago Defender, Feb. 13, 1997; Ed Fishbein, “Fuhrman Scores First,” Sacramento Bee, Feb. 26, 1997; Robert Feder, “Cynics’ Shots at Oprah ‘Come with the Territory,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 30, 1997; Richard Roeper, “New Age Oprah Forgets Those Tacky Old Shows,” Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 1, 1997; Robert Feder, “Oprah Does an About-Face