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    Oprah Announces She Will End Her Longtime Talk Show

    Nobody was surprised today when Oprah Winfrey announced that her daytime-television talk-show will come to an end about two years from now. What will that mean for the broadcast landscape and for cable TV? Kim Masters is columnist for the Daily Beast.com and host of The Business, produced by KCRW.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Nobody was surprised today when Oprah Winfrey announced that her daytime-television talk-show will come to an end about two years from now. What will that mean for the broadcast landscape and for cable TV? Kim Masters is columnist for the Daily Beast.com and host of The Business, produced by KCRW.

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    Religion and Warfare: Does God Choose Sides?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Religion and Warfare: Does God Choose Sides?
    1. 0:00The First EU President: Van Rompuy Who-ee?
    2. 7:48Religion and Warfare: Does God Choose Sides?
    3. 43:51Oprah Announces She Will End Her Longtime Talk ShowYou’re reading this
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