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Via: defendernetwork.com

Oprah Winfrey will add the CEO title of OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, her cable network joint venture with Discovery Communications, the network said Wednesday.The change, which shows her desire to take full creative and operational control, will take effect in the fall.

In the network’s latest management shuffle and an attempt by the TV star to increase her control over the channel’s direction, Winfrey, who has already been chairman, will also serve as chief creative officer of the network, whose early ratings were below expectations.

In a related move, Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, the current presidents of Harpo Studios, the TV unit of Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, are taking over as presidents of OWN, effective immediately. Harpo will start focusing all of its new TV production on OWN.

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