SmartBrief on Social MediaDesigned for marketers and decision makers who need to stay ahead of social networking trends, SmartBrief on Social Media is a FREE daily e-mail newsletter. It delivers hard-to-find news on creative social marketing campaigns, emerging technologies, research and best practices.&nbsp;Click&nbsp; <a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/socialmedia/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'>here</a> to subscribe.http://www.smartbrief.com/news/socialmedia?sb_code=rsshttp://www.smartbrief.com/images/xml/generic/logos/sb_logo.gifSmartBrief on Social Mediahttp://www.smartbrief.com/news/socialmedia?sb_code=rssen-us20 Nov 2009 13:29:32 CSTTwitter reports end of Oprah's show before it's officialhttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3D1D8BDE02-5857-4749-AA9C-E2813B500164%26copyid%3DDE188A4B-68F0-4F65-A4E8-F3DEF627BF32%26brief%3Dsocialmedia%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=1D8BDE02-5857-4749-AA9C-E2813B500164Twitter was abuzz Thursday with news that Oprah Winfrey would announce the end of her longtime talk show this morning.  -More- 

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