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PRESS RELEASES
CHICAGO and WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of the
incredibly successful "A New Earth" weekly Monday webinar series on Oprah.com
that has attracted millions of users, select episodes of Oprah Winfrey's
exclusive XM Radio show, "Soul Series," will now be made available as online
streaming video and free video podcasts for download, it was announced today
by Oprah.com, Harpo Radio and XM. Oprah's "Soul Series" debuts today as a
weekly streamed web event on Oprah.com. Also, beginning today, video podcasts
of Winfrey's popular weekly XM show are available for download through
www.oprah.com, www.xmradio.com and Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store (www.itunes.com).
Additionally, "Soul Series" is now available through a dedicated 24/7
channel on XM's Internet streaming service, XM Radio Online
(xmro.xmradio.com), which complements the existing "Oprah & Friends" (XM 156)
channel offered to XMRO and XM Radio subscribers.
Oprah's "Soul Series" features thought-provoking stories, theories and
revelations by a variety of authors and guests delving into issues about
living and loving soulfully. Summer series guests on XM platforms and
Oprah.com will include Jill Bolte Taylor, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Elizabeth Lesser,
Sarah Ban Breathnach, Kathy Freston, Byron Katie and Rodger Kamenetz.
Additionally, Oprah.com will be debuting video streams of original XM "Soul
Series" episodes with featured guests including Eckhart Tolle, Jon Kabat Zinn,
Larry Dossey and Ainsley MacLeod. Scheduling information is available at
www.xmradio.com and on www.oprah.com, where users can access related online
content such as reflection exercises and book excerpts.
For the past 10 weeks, millions of people have joined Oprah Winfrey and
renowned spiritual leader Eckhart Tolle as they have been teaching his
best-selling book, A New Earth, chapter by chapter through a live interactive
webinar series on Oprah.com. To date, there have been more than 27 million
streams and downloads of the classes, which continue to attract new viewers
and listeners through Oprah.com and iTunes.
Starting Monday, June 16, readers who are picking up the 61st Oprah's Book
Club selection "A New Earth" for the first time or continuing their studies
can make it their summer reading book and take part in the rebroadcast of the
10-week weekly webcast series through Monday, August 18. By joining the Book
Club for free on Oprah.com, members will have exclusive access to newsletters
and personal interactive workbooks -- guided online journals with
introspective questions and related exercises for awakening that complements
each chapter's class. To find or form reading groups in your area for the
summer school session for "A New Earth," log onto www.oprah.com/anewearth.
About Harpo
Harpo Productions, Inc. produces the number one rated, award-winning "The
Oprah Winfrey Show," creates and develops original TV programming, and
operates Oprah.com, a premier lifestyle website. Harpo Print, LLC and Hearst
Magazines publish the monthly O, The Oprah Magazine and quarterly O at Home
publications. Harpo Films, Inc. produces feature films as well as top-rated
telefilms under the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" banner. Harpo Radio, Inc.
produces the content for "Oprah & Friends" on XM Satellite Radio.
About XM
XM is America's number one satellite radio company with more than 9.3
million subscribers. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, DC,
New York City, Chicago, Nashville, Toronto and Montreal, XM's 2008 lineup
includes more than 170 digital channels of choice from coast to coast:
commercial-free music, premier sports, news, talk radio, comedy, children's
and entertainment programming; and the most advanced traffic and weather
information.
XM, the leader in satellite-delivered entertainment and data services for
the automobile market through partnerships with General Motors, Honda,
Hyundai, Nissan, Porsche, Ferrari, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota is available in
140 different vehicle models for 2008. XM's industry-leading products are
available at consumer electronics retailers nationwide. XM programming is also
available through XM Radio Online, the exclusive home on the Internet for XM's
commercial-free music channels; as downloads of original XM shows via podcasts
from XM's Web site or the Apple's iTunes Store; and as streams of
commercial-free XM music channels to AT&T and Alltel wireless customers
through XM Radio Mobile. For more information about XM hardware, programming
and partnerships, please visit http://www.xmradio.com/.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for XM
Satellite Radio's service, the Company's dependence on technology and third
party vendors, its potential need for additional financing, as well as other
risks described in XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on 2-28-08. Copies of the filing are
available upon request from XM Radio's Investor Relations Department. All
programming subject to change.
SOURCE XM and Harpo
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