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Barack Obama supporter Oprah Winfrey will be there when he accepts the nomination later this month in Denver, Colo., a Harpo rep confirmed this afternoon.

Oprah pal Gayle King told Entertainment Tonight that Winfrey will be there during Obama’s acceptance, however, there are no plans for her to take the stage at the acceptance speech.

To find out who is speaking at the convention and for the latest updates, visit Sun-Times Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet’s blog for details.

A representative from Harpo said earlier reports about Winfrey renting a $50,000 house during the week of the Democratic National Convention in Denver are “untrue.”

“Oprah has not been asked to introduce him, is not expecting to be asked to introduce him and I would doubt that she would want to introduce him. She thinks this is HIS moment. I know that she is planning to be there,” she told ET.

King will broadcast her Oprah and Friends XM Radio show from the convention starting Aug. 25.

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Sign of the times? Sales of ‘O’ magazine down 17 percent

http://blogs.suntimes.com/oprah/2008/08/sign_of_the_times_sales_of_o_m.html

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Does ‘Oprah’ need a makeover?
The Kansas City Star

When local TV ratings were released for the month of July — rarely a newsmaking event in this or any other city — one set of numbers practically leaped off the page.

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” finished fourth in its time slot.

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But Winfrey’s reign as a ratings powerhouse is over. The show has been drifting back to Earth, losing 7 percent of its audience nationwide this year alone. O the Magazine saw a double-digit decline in circulation. Authors can no longer count on the “Oprah effect.”

And her endorsement of Barack Obama may have turned off, literally, viewers who supported Hillary Clinton.

When asked about this in May, the head of Harpo, her production company, denied that Obama had hurt the Queen of Talk.

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/735074.html