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Oprah Winfrey Named CEO and CCO of OWN
by Chris Harnick, posted Jul 13th 2011 11:45AM
Oprah Winfrey has been named the new CEO and CCO of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Makes sense, right?Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, presidents of Harpo Studios, will now become presidents of OWN. Winfrey's new title change takes place this fall while Logan and Salata's is effective immediately.
"I am ready to dedicate my full creative energy and focus as the full time CEO of OWN. By aligning the mission, talent and leadership of Erik, Sheri, the OWN team, the Harpo team, along with expertise of David Zaslav, Peter and all of Discovery behind us, we can unleash the full potential of the network," Winfrey said in a statement.
In a Facebook note to her fans, Winfrey called merging of Harpo and OWN as part of her "going with the flow" mentality.
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