Lewis Lazare: The Oprah Winfrey Show has taken a ratings hit in recent weeks while it is in reruns. The most recent Nielsen national rating for the Chicago-based Winfrey talk show for the week ending July 18 was a 2.8 (3.2 million households), down some 20 percent year over year.

Oprah Winfrey is signing up a list of major celebrities, including Gabriel Byrne, to develop documentaries for her new U.S. network, Own.

Lewis Lazare: The Oprah Winfrey Show has taken a ratings hit in recent weeks while it is in reruns. The most recent Nielsen national rating for the Chicago-based Winfrey talk show for the week ending July 18 was a 2.8 (3.2 million households), down some 20 percent year over year.

All that recent mess about Sarah Ferguson getting caught selling access to the British royal family for cash? Its apparently water under the bridge for Oprah Winfrey .

Oprah Winfrey is renaming the West Loop company headquarters of her production company Harpo as Harpo Studios. The company also unveiled a new logo and brand identity.