Harpo Productions, Inc.

The sign in front of Oprah Winfrey's Chicago based Harpo Studios.
Type	Private
Founded	1986 (Chicago, Illinois)
Founder(s)	Oprah Winfrey key_people = Oprah Winfrey (Chairman and Chief Executive) Tim Bennett (President) Douglas J. Pattison (CFO)
Industry	Media
Products	The Oprah Winfrey Show Dr. Phil Rachael Ray The Dr. Oz Show Oprah & Friends Oprah.com O, The Oprah Magazine O at Home
Employees	410 (2009)
Parent	Harpo Entertainment Group

Harpo Productions, Inc. is an incorporated US-based multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey (the name 'Harpo' is 'Oprah' spelled backwards, and was the name of her on-screen husband in The Color Purple). It also includes Harpo Films (the company's film production company) & Harpo Radio, Inc. (the company's radio division). It is based in Chicago, and Harpo Studios (the company's TV production studio) is located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago.

The land where the studio now sits once housed a cold storage warehouse that was used as a makeshift morgue for victims of the capsizing of the steamer SS Eastland.^[1] The 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m²) facility was renovated and opened in the late 1980s for use by The Oprah Winfrey Show.^[2]

[edit] Harpo Productions, Inc. divisons

[edit] Harpo Films, Inc.

Harpo Films, Inc. is the biggest divison of Harpo Productions, Inc. It is an active supplier of motion pictures, developing and production award-winning features and long-form television programs, including the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" telefilms for the ABC television network. Harpo Films is based in Los Angeles, California.

In late 2008, Harpo Films signed an exclusive output pact with HBO.^[3] Previously, Harpo films had a deal with ABC, which included production of Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day.^[3]

[edit] Features Films

• The Great Debaters
• Beloved
• The Color Purple
• Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

[edit] Telefilms

• Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day
• Tuesdays with Morrie
• Their Eyes Were Watching God
• Amy & Isabelle
• The Wedding
• Before Women Had Wings
• The Women of Brewster Place

[edit] External links

• Harpo Films

[edit] Harpo Radio, Inc.

Former XM 156 / SR 195 Logo as Oprah and Friends

Harpo Radio, Inc. is the holding company for the Oprah & Friends channel (156 on XM Satellite Radio\DirecTV Channel 807). Oprah & Friends features a broad range of daily and weekly programming on a variety of topics including self improvement, nutrition, fitness, parenting, health, home, finance and current events hosted by personalities from The Oprah Winfrey Show and O, The Oprah Magazine.

Regular presenters includes specialists from a variety of fields, including Dr. Maya Angelou, Dr. Robin Smith, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Bob Greene, Nate Berkus, Jean Chatzky, Gayle King, Rabbi Shumley Boteach, Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, and Michael Losier. Oprah, herself, also personally interviews some of the most influential voices in the spiritual realm on her weekly program, Oprah's Soul Series.

Harpo Radion, Inc. produces and broadcasts the Oprah & Friends channel from an XM studio in Chicago, Illinois, from New York, New York.

[edit] External links

• XM Oprah Radio
• Sirius Oprah Radio
• Oprah Radio on Oprah.com
• Oprah Radio Programming Schedule

[edit] Harpo Studios

Marquee above entrance at Harpo Studios

Harpo Studios is the home to The Oprah Winfrey Show located in Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Harpo Studios has Emmy Award-winning teams in production designs, lighting, camera work, editing, audio direction and graphic design. It also served as the location for the set of The Women of Brewster Place.

[edit] External links

• Harpo Studios

[edit] Other Harpo, Inc. productions

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Harpo Films
• Harpo Productions at the Internet Movie Database
• Color Purple SlideShow [1]
• Oprah Winfrey's biography

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