King World Productions

...a blow to CBS Corp., which has distributed her program for years (the company purchased Ms. Winfrey's original distributor, syndicator King World), and to ABC, which has many stations that broadcast "The Oprah Winfrey Show" daily. In a...

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...tell the world her future lies in another playground. In particular, Winfrey's syndicator -- CBS Television Distribution, once known as King World -- will take a hit. The giant company, which sells everything from Inside Edition to Wheel of...

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...aura that there isn't anybody around with that impact." CBS TV Distribution inherited distribution rights to the show when it acquired King World. in 1999 for $2.5 billion. The end of the show will be a blow to the syndicator, but it's not...

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...are expected to bear the brunt of the financial pain ushered in by Winfrey's departure. CBS, which acquired Winfrey's original syndicator, King World, for $2.5 billion 10 years ago, has taken in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue over...

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...30 years. The late Roger King, a legendary salesman known as much for his hard-living as for his deal-making acumen, signed her to King World and made her a star, and she made him and his brother Michael incredibly rich. CBS later bought...

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...Harpo Productions confirmed today. Read the rest of their entry here. Oprah Winfrey joins Roger King, left, chairman of the board of King World, and Joseph Ahern, right, former general manager of WLS-TV, at a news conference in Chicago...

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...blogger Nikki Finke on her Dateline Hollywood website on Thursday. Winfrey's contract with CBS TV Distribution -- although CBS acquired King World, the company that launched Winfrey's daytime program, in 2000, her program airs mostly on...

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...or move her talk show to her own LA-based network OWN? One thing to remember: In the eons since Winfrey first signed her syndication deal with King World (way back in 1986), this is not the first time she's considered walking away from her...

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...Phoenix business owner is finally giving in and moving on. "We are moving out. I am angry. I am very angry," Seamus King, the owner of King World of Marble said Sunday. He spent several hours cleaning out what remained of his marble...

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...11 years serving primarily television and music clients. From 1985-1997, Palley was executive vice president and chief operating officer of King World Productions. While there, he oversaw the operational, administrative, and financial decisions...

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