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Salata sets up on her OWN

Sheri Salata, co-president of US-based OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, is leaving the company to launch her own firm.

Sheri Salata

Sheri Salata

Erik Logan will stay on as sole president of the cable channel, which is a joint venture between TV personality Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications.

Winfrey, who is CEO of OWN, said: “I give my deep thanks and appreciation to Sheri not only for helping to create a strong platform of growth for OWN and our digital business, but for her tireless commitment and sacrifice producing the final years of The Oprah Winfrey Show. It was an unparalleled time of our lives.”

wolf_creekIn a statement, OWN said Salata plans to launch a “brand-innovation agency and content/story platform.” OWN and Winfrey’s Oprah Media Group have signed on as clients.

Salata joined Winfrey’s Harpo Studios in 1995 as a promotions producer for the latter’s syndicated talkshow. She then rose to become exec producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 2006 until its end in 2011, when she was named co-president of OWN.

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