So, why exactly are you planning that wedding again? To fix what went wrong in your dating/cohabiting? Hmmm. Good luck!
Throwing a big wedding will put a salve on the wounds, but before long that too will wear off, if you did not deal with what caused the wound in the first place. The reasons why you are marrying in the first place will determine how long you stay married and how happy you will be while at it.
I was recently watching The Oprah Conversation with Mariah Carey on Apple TV, where the famous singer shared with Oprah Winfrey how she married music executive Tommy Mottola, hoping their troubled relationship would be fixed by the commitment. It only got worse, she said, and ended in divorce.
By Ryan Shepard
Dec 28, 2020
Oprah Winfrey has decided to sell the majority of her stake in the OWN Network to Discovery, Inc. In exchange, Winfrey acquired $36 million in stocks from Discovery, Inc. She will also continue to serve as the company s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer.
News of the recent deal comes as the network nears its tenth anniversary. The OWN Network was co-founded by Winfrey and Discovery, Inc. in January 2011. During its decade-long run, the OWN Network featured hit shows like Queen Sugar,
Iyanla: Fix My Life and
Oprah s Master Class. As the network nears its anniversary, it will launch new shows like the
Oprah Winfrey Sells Most of Her Stake In OWN for $36 Million In Discovery Inc. Stock
Oprah Winfrey has just sold the majority of her stake in OWN cable network to Discovery Inc.
Discovery Inc. previously owned 73 percent of the media giant’s company and now owns 95 percent, Bloomberg reports.
As part of Winfrey’s company Harpo Inc.’s deal with Discovery Inc., the talk show host now has $36 million Discovery stock.
Harpo Inc. has since filed to sell half of the 1.34 million shares it gained in the deal, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Oprah Winfrey sells most of her stake in OWN to Discovery Inc. (Photo: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff / French Select via Getty Images)
Alter Kendrick & Baron
Despite major blows to touring and live performances, “business is booming” for Alter, a prolific dealmaker in the music publishing space. “We are in a golden era of music transaction, and I think that’s going to continue,” says Alter. This year she advised Reservoir Media Management in its acquisition of 16,000 copyrights from music publisher Shapiro Bernstein, as well as Primary Wave Music Publishing in its acquisition of various interests of the catalogs of Whitney Houston, Air Supply and Sublime.
This year I’m thankful for: Having an amazing team in our office. The majority of them happen to be women who despite everything that each of us has been handling and juggling in our personal lives, from literal newborns to college kids to grown children to parents to pets still have been super, super professional and pulling together as a team.