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Josh Schollmeyer
Kitty Kelley's Oprah Winfrey Tell-All Shockingly Unshocking
By Josh Schollmeyer
I'm still slogging my way through Oprah: A Biography, Kitty Kelley's latest O-pus (524 pages in length), which hit bookstores yesterday. So I don't profess to know all that she spills therein. However, I do know the Kitty Kelley methodology, which I studied extensively in the spring and summer of 2008... Read more
Neality TV
By Josh Schollmeyer
Tapping into nostalgia for classic shows and movies, Neal Sabin has built plucky Weigel Broadcasting—operator of WCIU, Me-TV, and the new This—into a regional TV dynamo  Read more
Bagging the Media Queen
By Josh Schollmeyer
From December 2008: For two years, Kitty Kelley, America’s most notorious celebrity biographer, has been tracking Oprah, a notoriously private subject. The multimillion-dollar game of cat-and-mouse promises to play out in an epic cultural showdown Read more
Steve Stone in Exile
By Josh Schollmeyer
Three years ago, after a simmering feud with Cubs players and management, the popular broadcaster Steve Stone resigned from the Cubs, though his affection for the team and for Chicago never wavered. Now, with new ownership likely to take over he waits—often at the bar at Harry Caray's—hoping for a summons to the front office. Read more