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Oprah's Media Empire Loses Steam

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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