Oprah Winfrey Network Names Kirsch Operating Chief, Cuts 30 Jobs

Oprah Winfrey Network, the venture owned by the television host and Discovery Communications Inc., cut 30 jobs in a restructuring and named Neal Kirsch as chief financial and operating officer.

Discovery, the Silver Spring, Maryland-based cable network, and Winfrey’s Harpo Studios said yesterday in a statement that they will absorb the eliminated positions. Kirsch, finance chief at Discovery’s U.S. networks, will move to OWN and report to Presidents Erik Logan and Sheri Salata.