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Market Cap:$4.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.3B
- Public
- US
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Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world?s number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in 170 countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Planet Green, Investigation Discovery and HD Theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com.
President & CEO
Judith McHaleNumber of Employees 5,000
Contact Information
1 Discovery Pl
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3354
(240) 662-0000
Peer Companies
NAICS Code : 517510
Recent Events
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Bringing the doctor to the office door
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Beth Hoppe to exec produce 'Curiosity'
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Liguori Named COO Of Discovery Communications
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Sass likes Hasbro as future cable play
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Liguori Named COO of Discovery
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Discovery exec Gena McCarthy exits
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Liguori Lands At Discovery As COO
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Discovery Communications Names Mark Hollinger President & CEO Of Discovery Networks - Update
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Discovery moves COO to lead Discovery Networks International
News & Analysis
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SEC Watch: New Discovery COO Ligouri Gets $200,000 Signing Bonus
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- 2009-12-10
Former Fox Entertainment head Peter Ligouri will get $1 million a year in base salary, the chance to double that every year as an incentive bonus—and a $200,000 signing bonus for joining Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) as COO, according to an SEC filing. The signing bonus is payable within...
OWN Taps Comcast's Singer To Manage Distribution, Sales Strategy
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- 2009-10-30
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture between the media personality and Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), is putting some finishing touches on its executive level staff. Former Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) exec Allan Singer is the latest hire. He has been named EVP of Distribution and Strategy for OWN,...
Discovery's Digital Head Kayse Tapped To Lead Ad Sales For Oprah's OWN Channel
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- 2009-10-12
After a year and a half as Discovery Communications’ EVP of digital media sales, Kathy Kayse is being moved over to take over ad sales for the company’s forthcoming cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Kayse came to Discovery from AOL (NYSE: TWX)—she had been a 24-year Time...
Discovery's Zaslav Gets A Raise, An Extention?And Could Get Another $55 Million Or So
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- 2009-09-10
Talk about incentive plans: according to an SEC filing, Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) CEO David Zaslav could earn more than $55 million if he sticks around through 2014 and hits all his goals. That’s on top of base compensation and annual bonuses. (Details below.) The payments are included in...
Snapshots of the bigs: here's a look at the cable networks that are among the most dominant in their niche, and their plans for programs and advertisers.(Media Buyer's Cable Planning Guide)(Company Profile)
- 2004-05-10
USA NETWORK/SCI FI PARENT: Universal Television this week to become part of NBC TOP SHOWS: USA: The Dead Zone, Monk, Touching Evil SCI-FI: Stargate SG-1, movies ...
Animal Planet hunts for program partners. (Marketing & Advertising).(Bill Graff appointed as sales executive)(Discovery Communications Inc.)
- 2002-10-28
Buoyed by a string of recent program-partnership successes, Animal Planet will now employ a dedicated sales executive to more aggressively pursue such deals. That executive is Bill Graff, who as the network's vice president of programming was Buoyed...
Playboy, History Tout International Gains.(Brief Article)
- 2000-10-16
CANNES, FRANCE - While program sales were again the focus of the recent MIPCOM television market here, a number of global broadcast and multichannel programmers used the gathering to announce channel launches, beef up their global online presence o CANNES, FRANCE - While program...
Let's Make A PACKAGE DEAL
- 2000-05-01
These days, ifs all about the packaging. In the wake of media consolidation, cable, broadcast, print, radio and Web outlets are being tied up into one neat package for advertisers. Media behemoths like Disney/ABC/ ESPN, FOX, Viacom/CBS and Discovery Networks are offering Madison Avenue a myriad of properties to...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Judith McHale | President & CEO |
| John Ford | President and General Manager, Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel |
| Barbara Bennett | Senior Executive Vice President & CFO |
| Diane Duggan | CIO & Senior Vice President |
| Kelly Day | Chief Operating Officer, Digital Media & Commerce Division |
| Donald A. Baer | Executive Vice President, Strategy & Development |
| Mark Hollinger | Senior Executive Vice President, Corp Operations & General Counsel |
| Mona Abutaleb | Executive Vice President, New Media & Network Services |
| Pandit Wright | Senior Executive Vice President, HR & Admin |
| Scott McGraw | Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales |
| Alexa Verveer | Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Govt Relations |
| Annie Howell | Senior Vice President, Communications |
| Ben Price | Senior Vice President |
| David Leavy | Senior Vice President, Corp Affairs & Communications |
| Evan Sternschein | Senior Vice President |
| Andrew Snyder | Vice President |
| Dina Roman | Vice President & Manager, General Sales |
| Harold Morgenstern | Vice President, Sales |
| Joe Paglino | Vice President |
| John Barry | Vice President |
| Juan Carlos Gamboa | Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs |
| Lisa Fischer | Vice President |
| Marc Goodman | Vice President, Advertising Sales |
| Michelle Russo | Vice President, Corp Communications |
| Pepe Miller | Vice President, Midwest Region |
| Peter Lovering | Vice President, Production & Development |
| Rick Holzman | Vice President, Programming & Scheduling |
| Scott Felenstein | Vice President, Sales |
| Scott Kohn | Vice President, Sales |
| Alicia Levi | Director, Product Sales |
| Mary Rollins | Director, Advertising Sales |
| Charles B. Gingold | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Daytime Programming |
| Leslie Becker | Manager, Production |
| Melisa Rogers | Manager, Product Sales |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| John S. Hendricks | Chairman & Founder |
| John C. Malone | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | President and General Manager, Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Executive Vice President & CFO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | CIO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer, Digital Media & Commerce Division | Current |
| The Knot, Inc. | Vice President, E-Commerce | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Strategy & Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Executive Vice President, Corp Operations & General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Executive Vice President, New Media & Network Services | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Executive Vice President, HR & Admin | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Govt Relations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
| Discovery | Senior Vice President, Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Discovery Networks, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Natl Advertising Sales | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Corp Affairs & Communications | Current |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President & Manager, General Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Advertising Sales | Current |
| Discovery Networks, Inc. | Director, Advertising Sales | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Corp Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Midwest Region | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Production & Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Programming & Scheduling | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Vice President, Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Director, Product Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Director, Advertising Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Daytime Programming | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Manager, Production | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Manager, Product Sales | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Chairman & Founder | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Holding Company | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| The Leadership Success Institute | Current | |
| Infoisearch.Com | Current | |
| Liberty Media Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| The DIRECTV Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. | Chairman Emeritus | Current |
| Liberty Global, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Liberty Media Corporation | Chairman | Current |
| UnitedGlobalCom, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Liberty Media International, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Car Rental Weekly | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Bank of New York Company, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Hotel Blogs | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Cato Institute and Co | Board of Directors | Current |
| Expedia, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Nature Conservancy | Board of Directors | Current |
| Discovery Communications, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Pars Times | Board of Directors | Current |
| Tele-Communications, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Lgi International | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Lgi International | President | Former |
| General Instrument Corporation | Group Vice President | Former |
| Tele-Communications, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Lgi International | Chairman of The Board | Former |
| Liberty Media Group, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Liberty Global, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Liberty Media Corporation | Board of Directors | Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University | Ph.D., Operations Research | Former |
| The Johns Hopkins University | M.S., Industrial Management | Former |
| Yale University | B.S., Electrical Engineering & Economics | Former |
Executive News
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The online retail shake-out: GSI's Rubin
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Big online retailers crowd small firms out, says GSI's Rubin
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Discovery chief David Zaslav transforms television company
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Discovery E-Book Filing Raises Eyebrows: Md. Firm Mum on Patent Application
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Discovery E-Book Filing Raises Eyebrows
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Discovery Media Silent on 'E-Book' Patent File
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DirectTV deal may save Sirius XM Radio from bankruptcy
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Sirius hooks up iPhone to premium satellite radio
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Archive Top media execs wonder how Twitter will make money
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Clinton's World View
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David Rothkopf -- Hillary Clinton Redefining State Department and Her Own Role
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Starz Chief Clasen to Retire
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paidContent - Industry Moves: Starz CEO Clasen To Retire, Liberty Starts Search; Time To Split Company?
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Clasen Retiring as Starz CEO
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Starz CEO Clasen to retire
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Starz CEO Clasen to retire
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Loss widens at Ascent Media amid production slowdown
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Sirius XM raising $250M to repay Liberty Media
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Sirius XM Radio offers $250 mln notes to repay debt
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Stocks on the move: ADC, E-House, JA Solar, Lennar, Sara Lee
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