Oprah Winfrey has no immediate plans to give up her syndicated talk show and move it to her new cable network, according to a spokesperson for her production company, Harpo.

"Oprah has not made a decision," said Angela DePaul. "She'll be making an announcement before the end of the year."

The statement is in response to Internet reports that Winfrey would be moving her syndicated talk show to OWN, her new cable network, which is a joint venture with Discovery Communications.

Blogger Nikki Finke reported that "Oprah will tell the public that she's ending her syndicated Chicago-based daytime talk show when her current deal runs out," and that the announcement about a launch date for OWN would be coming soon.

Finke also said Winfrey would uproot the show and move it to OWN headquarters in Los Angeles as soon as 2011.

"We are not commenting on rumors or speculation," said Beth Gebhard, a spokesperson for OWN, in response to questions about a possible Los Angeles move. Gebhard also said, "(OWN) will announce our launch date by the end of the year."

Winfrey's current deal ends in 2011, but the host has previously announced her retirement only to later renew her contract several times.

The fuel for this latest round of rumors has less to do with Winfrey's contract and more to do with one of her longtime producers. Discovery announced Wednesday that Lisa Erspamer, co-executive producer of Winfrey's talk show, will join OWN in January as chief creative executive. To those in the industry, that announcement suggested that perhaps Winfrey was planning to uproot the show as we know it and move it to L.A., and ultimately, to OWN.