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Finke, “The End of ‘Oprah’ as We Know Her,” www.deadline.com/hollywood, Nov. 5, 2009; Dani el Frankel, “Oprah’s Network Sets Yet Another Launch Date,” www.thewrap.com, Nov. 20, 2009; Nikki Finke, “Oprah Promises Cable Show ‘Smaller and Different,’ ” www.deadline.com/hollywood, Nov. 20, 2009; Rick Kogan, “City of 1000 Stars: Should Chicago Be Defined by Its Celebrities?” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 29, 2009; Phil Rosenthal, “Say It Ain’t So, O,” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 6, 2009; “Why Is She Ending the Show? Daley Blames the Media,” Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 19, 2009; Richard Roeper, “Oprah Doesn’t Feel Chicagoans’ Love? Oh, Please!” Chicago Sun-Times, June 7, 2010; Patricia Shipp, “Oprah’s Booze and Drug Binges,” National Enquirer, Nov. 9, 2009; “Late Show Top Ten,” www.newsmax.com/jokes, Nov. 23, 2009; Bill Gorman, “ ‘Christmas Special at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special’ Draws ABC’s 2nd-Biggest Audience in the Hour This Season,” tvbythenumbers.com, Dec. 14, 2009; Jason Links, “The Time 100 in 2010,” Huffington Post, April 29, 2010; Phil Donahue, “Oprah Winfrey,” www.time.com, April 29, 2010; Claire Atkinson, “Maria Grasso and Nina Wass Exit Cable Channel Before Launch,” Broadcasting and Cable, Aug. 25, 2009; Ken Auletta, “Why Oprah Needs Cable,” www.newyorker.com, Nov. 20, 2009; Pat Embry, “ ‘Oprah Winfrey’s Father’ Says Her Success Is No Surprise,” Nashville Banner, Jan. 20, 1986; Cathy Horyn, “Elegance Is the Norm at Costume Institute Gala,” New York Times, May 3, 2010; Anahita Moussavian and Serena French, “Oversexed in the City,” New York Post, May 4, 2010; Amy Diluna, “Stars Come Out to Shine at the 2010 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala,” New York Daily News, May 4, 2010; Kaitlin Knoll, “Oprah Winfrey to Receive Minerva Award,” Hollywood Reporter, June 2, 2010; Karen R. Long, “Oprah Winfrey Is a Surprise Winner of Cleveland’s Anisfield-Wolf Award,” Plain Dealer, April 22, 2010; “We Hear You,” O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2010.

TV: “Oprah’s Fridays Live,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired Nov. 20, 2009; “Oprah’s Season 24 Kickoff Party,” The Oprah Winfrey Show, aired Sept. 10, 2009.

INTERVIEW: Confidential source, Jan. 2, 2008.

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