The reception area, such as it is, comprises a small desk with two tiny chairs, which edge into the only traffic path between the front and back ends of the floor. Sitting in one of the chairs, I instinctively pull in my feet every time someone walks by, to avoid tripping them. My interest, I tell her, is only to understand why women's programming is suddenly a hot content category on the Web. OK, got it. When Oxygen announced in late November a partnership with Oprah Winfrey and Hollywood producers Carsey-Werner for the launch of a women's cable network, it only underscored the dramatic shift taking place in new media.
Carpenter makes a brave show of it.
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