6. Won the Lifetime Achievement Emmy
Oprah wins. After being awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the Daytime Emmy Awards, Oprah withdrew herself and her show from consideration for future Emmy’s and said “After you’ve achieved it for a lifetime what else is there?”
Oprah went on to receive the International Radio and Television Society’s “Broadcaster of the Year” Award. She was the youngest person ever to receive the honor. In total, Oprah has 18 Emmy Awards. Even after removing her name from consideration The Oprah Winfrey Show continued to garner nominations and awards. Superb.
5. Turns Books Into Gold
Oprah has endorsed several books. She loves reading so much that she used to give books away for free to any stranger she met walking downtown in Chicago. Since then she has established Oprah’s Book Club.
Due to the book club’s widespread popularity, many indie covers have become significantly more popular and national bestsellers, significantly increasing the branding of those books; this occurrence is widely known as the Oprah effect, transforming a book into gold.
Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 is a joint project between OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and O: The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, and will incorporate the use of various social media platforms and e-readers. Not only does Oprah pen books herself, with several of her own commercially successful books, but Oprah has built a highly credible book club worth millions.
USA Today described the queen of media as “America’s most popular reader,” estimating that sales of the 70 books included in her club total more than 50 million copies.
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