Oprah: I'm not bringing The Oprah Winfrey Show to cable. I'll do something else
with that channel" What is "something else"? Sources say instead of a carbon copy of her longtime daytime talker, she's now privately talking about hosting a show "that's smaller and different" on the Discovery Communications start up OWN, aka the Oprah Winfrey Network
That show won't be based in Chicago: it will move to Los Angeles where the OWN headquarters is based. Sources say she wants to divest her real estate in Chicago "as soon as possible". She explained to insiders, "Why would anybody stay in Chicago? It's freezing here, and I have a mansion in Montecito that I haven't been able to enjoy."
Another reason is taxes. Sources say Oprah and her people have long limited the time she spends in Montecito, California so she doesn't exceed the number of days mandating her to pay exorbitant taxes as a California resident.
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11-20-09
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