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TV/DVDS: The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection (DVD set); The Oprah Winfrey Show, WLS-TV Chicago, “Second Anniversary,” aired Jan. 2, 1986 (viewed at www.museum.tv); Oprah Winfrey interviewed on Meet the Faith, BET, aired July 29, 2007; “Oprah’s Roots” special episode of African American Lives, PBS, aired 1/24/2007; Building a Dream, ABC special, aired Feb. 26, 2007; “Inside Oprah’s Holiday Trip,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired Jan. 17, 2007.
INTERVIEWS: Nancy Stoddart, July 8, 2009; Fran Johns, Sept. 2007; Linda Reynolds Stern, Dec. 2008; Sandra Day O’Connor, Nov. 2008; Alice Walker, Oct. 7, 2008; Badi Foster, Feb. 27, 2007; Vernon Winfrey, Apr. 24, 2008; confidential source, Nov. 9, 2007; Rocky Twyman, May 20, 2008.
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RECORDS: Transcripts of depositions of Rayford Dotch (June 16, 1997), LeGrande Green (Dec. 19, 1997), Dianne Hudson (June 18, 1997), James Kelley (June 18, 1997, and Dec. 19, 1997), Alice McGee (June 19, 1997), Oprah Winfrey (June 14, 1997, and Dec. 12, 1997), and Andrea Wishom (June 17, 1997) in the case of Texas Beef Group et al. v. Winfrey et al., case no. 2:96-cv-00208, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; documents in the case of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company v. Winfrey et al., case no. 8:09-cv-00145-JFB-TDT, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska; results of searches “Harpo” and “Oprah,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Electronic Search System; decision in the case of Elizabeth Coady v. Harpo, Inc., case no. 1-99-0481, 1st District, Illinois Appellate Court; documents in the case of Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane v. Oprah Winfrey et al., case no. 2:08-CV-4884 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; documents in the case of Corrine Gehrls v. Myron Gooch et al., case no. 1:09-CV-06338 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; transcript, Jean Harris on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Aug. 22, 1988.
BOOKS: Bill Adler, ed., The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey (Citadel Press, 1997); Susan Faludi, The Terror Dream (Metropolitan Books, 2007).
ARTICLES: Patricia Sellars, “The Business of Being Oprah,” Fortune, Apr. 1, 2000; Robert Feder, “Cynics’ Shots at Oprah ‘Come with the Territory,’ ” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 30, 1997; “Happy Anniversary! The Oprah Show Turns 20,” O, The Oprah Magazine, Oct. 2005; P. J. Bednarski, “All About Oprah Inc.,” Broadcasting and Cable, June 24, 2005; Robert Kurson, “The Silent Treatment,” Chicago, July 2001; “Call Harpo Productions Anonymous Confession Hot Line,” www.oprah.com (downloaded Nov. 2, 2006); “Listing of Full Trademarks,” www.oprah.com (downloaded Sept. 9, 2009); Mary McNamara, “The Life of Hollywood,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2005; Logan Hill, “Harry Benson Gets Shots You Just Don’t See Anymore,” New York, Dec. 7, 2009; Kandace Raymond, “Oprah Fan Awaits Big Day,” Nov. 14, 2007, www.13wmaz.com; Elizabeth Coady, “World Class Phoney Oprah Winfrey and Her Sycophants,” Providence Journal, Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, Sept. 28, 2000; Michael Milner, “Free Speech Rocks! (When Oprah Calls the Tune),” Chicago Reader, Dec. 10, 1999; Tim Jones, “Muzzling Employees Host’s Prerogative but Winfrey’s Restriction Makes Some Howl,” Chicago Tribune, Apr. 16, 2000; Eric Deggans, “Oprah Fans Get into the Spirit,” St. Petersburg Times, June 21, 2003; Emily Farache, “Oprah to Underlings: Shut Your Mouth,” www.eonline.com, Apr. 17, 2000; Libby Copeland, “Our Lady of Perpetual Help,” Washington Post, June 26, 2000; Keith J. Kelly, “Oprah Defends Her Gag Rule for Staffers,” New York Post, Apr. 18, 2000; Ellen Warren