Discovery Communications reported a lower quarterly profit as costs and expenses rose nearly 49%. The media company was hurt by losses at the Oprah Winfrey Network. David Joyce, senior analyst at Miller Tabak, offers insight.
How companies will fill the marketing void with Oprah's departure, and who will be her likely successor, with James Lou, DDB and Jenna Goudreau, Forbes.
Oprah Winfrey has taped more than 5,000 episodes of her daytime talk show, transforming television and trying to teach millions of viewers how to live life with purpose along the way. She has one more to go. The New York Times reports.