Is it possible that Oprah Winfrey could be losing her Midas touch with audiences? Her television show ratings have declined slowly for the past three years, with a 7% drop this year, per Nielsen. "O,
The Oprah Magazine" has seen a 10% circulation decline over the last three years, per ABC. Her TV reality show on ABC also struggled to keep people interested.
The problem could be that
Oprah-the-woman, who is pulled toward spiritualism and the candidacy of Obama, is at odds with Oprah-the-mogul, who needs to keep her audience of middle-aged white women happy.
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