O, The Oprah Magazine to Release Official Commemorative Bookazine: Oprah's Farewell Celebration: Inside 25

NEW YORK, NY, May 25 (MARKET WIRE) --
O, The Oprah Magazine will produce a special collector's edition
bookazine celebrating 25 unforgettable seasons of "The Oprah Winfrey
Show," on newsstands nationwide on June 28. Oprah and her team reminisce
about the show's early days, when they begged passersby to take a seat in
the audience, and recount their favorite moments of what was to become a
show that changed television history. Oprah's Farewell Celebration:
Inside 25 Extraordinary Years of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (148 pages,
$11.99) is a joyful and comprehensive insider's look at the 25 seasons of
aha moments, tears, surprises and triumphs that have meant so much to so
many.

"The opportunity to have done this work for so many years -- to be
embraced by all of you -- is one of the greatest opportunities that any
human being could have," said Oprah Winfrey.

Issue highlights include:

-- Oprah's selection of her 25 most unforgettable show moments, from
give-aways and adventures to stories of courage and generosity.

-- Interviews with Oprah's Ultimate Viewers who were inspired to change
their lives, and the lives of others, for the better.

-- The founding team of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" reveals
never-before-heard stories on the show's launch and their most
treasured moments with Oprah.

-- A peek into Oprah's private diary, with an entry written exactly eight
hours before the show's live national debut on September 8, 1986.

-- Oprah's reflections on a quarter-century of hair and fashion hits and
misses, with details on her prep process from the dressing room to the
stage.

-- Oprah's Farewell Message to viewers.

About O, The Oprah Magazine
O, The Oprah Magazine (www.oprah.com)
encourages confident, intelligent women to reach for their dreams,
express their individual style and make choices, guided by the values of
one of the most charismatic women in the world, O Editorial Director
Oprah Winfrey. With an emphasis on personal growth, the magazine
inspires, addressing every aspect of a woman's life -- the material, the
intellectual and the emotional -- and deeply connects with nearly16
million readers every month (MRI, Fall 2010). O, The Oprah Magazine,
which also publishes a South African edition, is a co-venture between
Hearst Magazines, a unit of The Hearst Corporation (www.hearst.com), and
Harpo Print, LLC. Hearst Magazines is one of the nation's largest
diversified communications companies with interests in magazines,
newspapers, digital media, business media and television. As one of the
world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, Hearst Magazines
publishes nearly 200 editions around the world, including 14 U.S. titles
and 20 magazines in the United Kingdom, published through its wholly
owned subsidiary, The National Magazine Company Limited. Hearst Magazines
is a leading publisher of monthly magazines in the U.S. in terms of total
circulation (ABC June 2010) and reaches 73 million adults (Spring, 2010
MRI). O, The Oprah Magazine's namesake app is available for $3.99 through
the App store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

Contact:
Lisa Israel
lisrael@hearst.com
212.649.2581

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