America's favorite talk show host/entrepreneur/publisher/ gal pal seems to have lost her Midas touch with the press recently. Between the decision to nix the Bush
administration's proposed tour of Afghanistan's schools and the announcement that she is killing her beloved book club, Oprah has some folks in the publishing industry and in the
media understandably riled. Though her reputation hasn't exactly taken an unrecoverable hit, the daytime diva has some questioning whether she wields a little too much influence.
CTA Public Relations releases "Ten Commandments" for avoiding the wrath of the SEC. Our favorite: "Thou shalt not honor thy father and thy mother - or others - with knowledge
gained as an insider, thus making them tippees and subject to scorn." For more, go to http://www.ctapr.com/ir/sec.html.
