{"id":45334,"date":"2022-08-11T15:29:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=45334"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:30:02","slug":"oprah-winfreys-company-sues-over-oprahdemics-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=45334","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey\u2019s Company Sues Over \u2018Oprahdemics\u2019 Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oprah Winfrey\u2019s company has filed a lawsuit against the creators of the \u201cOprahdemics\u201d podcast, claiming that the program misleads listeners into thinking she sponsored or approved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a complaint filed late Tuesday in Manhattan federal Court, Winfrey\u2019s Harpo Inc said it is neither seeking profits or damages from \u201cOprahdemics\u201d creators Kellie Carter Jackson and Leah Wright Rigueur, nor trying to stop the podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, it wants a name change, saying the podcast and related live events dilute Harpo\u2019s \u201cOprah\u201d and \u201cO\u201d trademarks, and wrongly capitalize on the goodwill that Winfrey has spent decades building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harpo, which is Oprah spelled backward, said simply being associated with the \u201cOprah\u201d brand often causes an \u201cexponential\u201d jump in sales, known as \u201cThe Oprah Effect\u201d or \u201cThe O Factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cOprahdemics\u201d website describes Jackson and Rigueur as historians and friends who break down iconic episodes of Winfrey\u2019s talk show and discuss the cultural impact of the \u201cQueen of Talk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, co-producer Jody Avirgan, whose company Roulette Productions is also a defendant, called \u201cOprahdemics\u201d a \u201cjournalistic exploration by history professors and sincere, longtime fans of Oprah Winfrey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Roulette \u201chas been engaged with the team at Harpo for some time\u2013while genuinely surprised by this, we hope to resolve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an April interview with NPR, Rigueur called Winfrey an institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a woman, a Black woman, who has dominated multiple spaces and arenas\u201d since the 1980s, she said. \u201cI say that in a way that doesn\u2019t absolve her of \u2026 constructive criticism or feedback or anything like that, but instead as recognition of \u2026 the institution of Oprah Winfrey and the Oprah Winfrey brand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winfrey, 68, is also an actress and philanthropist who parlayed her namesake Chicago television talk show, which ran nationally from 1986 to 2011, into a media and business empire. 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