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OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network)

CTL-E-0712 · Business · other · 2011-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Oprah Winfrey Network; lifestyle cable network launched 2011 via Discovery/Harpo JV.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-088; source research type(s): Business.

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