The Weight Watchers home page currently features a picture of Winfrey with a statement she wrote: "I'm ready. Are you? Come join me."

The former talk show host will make appearances for the company and will also help develop programs and initiatives throughout the five-year partnership.

Shortly after details about the deal were released, the company's shares dramatically increased.

Talk about the Oprah effect!

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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