"If I lost control of the business, I'd lose myself--or at least the ability to be myself. Owning myself is a way to be myself."
--Oprah Winfrey, in "The Business of Being Oprah," a 2002 cover story that I wrote about the billionaire media titan. Back then, Oprah was figuring out who she wanted to be, beyond a daytime talk-show host. She had recently (and warily) formed a partnership with Hearst--from MORE