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Discovery Communications Inc.

(DISCA) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$4.2B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.3B

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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

Number of Employees 5,000

Contact Information

1 Discovery Pl

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3354

www.discoveryco...

(240) 662-0000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code : 517510

Recent Events

Discovery Launching Major Science Initiative

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Discovery Communications to Launch New Multimedia, Multi-Year Science Initiative, 'Be The Future,' Supporting Obama Administration...

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Oprah's Exit: Winners and Losers

11/20/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Investigation Discovery Launches In-Depth Documentary Strand, ID INVESTIGATES, the...

11/19/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
People on the Move - Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009

11/17/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
Discovery.com Launches Standalone News Site

11/11/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Discovery Communications Launches DiscoveryNews.com, a New Website Dedicated to In-Depth Coverage of the World of...

11/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Discovery Launches Science and Tech News Website

11/09/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Discovery Communications launches science news Web site

11/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Crave Entertainment and Discovery Communications to Develop Man vs. Wild and Deadliest Catch Video Games

11/01/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Tentpoles play into Hasbro sales

10/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Hasbro profit up 9% on films, cost cuts

10/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Discovery Communications Q3 profits fall 29%

11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
FME Signs American Chopper, Miami Ink, LA Ink and Others

10/12/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Discovery Provides Second Exec to Oprah's OWN

10/12/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - General Manager - View Story

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PFSweb to Offer Complete Solution for Discovery Channel's eCommerce and Catalog Business

- 2008-03-25

PLANO, Texas -- PFSweb, Inc. (Nasdaq: PFSW), a global provider of end-to end web commerce solutions for leading online retailers and manufacturers, today announced a new agreement with The Discovery Channel Store, Inc., the number-one nonfiction media company, to support Discoverystore.com and the Discovery Channel Store Catalog with technology, customer...

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Discovery Communications Inc. plans to buy social networking Web

- 2007-07-12

Discovery Communications Inc., owner of cable TV's Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, plans to buy social networking Web sites to complement its Internet business, Chief Executive David Zaslav said at the annual Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Zaslav didn't name any potential acquisition targets. Facebook, Sling...

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Discovery"s Web Efforts Get Big Lift From Google.(Discovery Communications Inc.'s mobile video services)

- 2006-04-10

By Steve Donohue New York- Discovery Communications Inc. was the first cable programmer to develop digital-cable channels and video-on-demand content, but founder John Hendricks and his team have taken a much more cautious approach to supplyi By Steve...

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Discovery.com Takes Hit, Slashes Staff.(Brief Article)

- 2000-11-20

Discovery.com, the online division of Discovery Communications Inc., laid off 40 percent of its 200 employees last week, signaling that the ills besetting the Internet content community have spread to cable networks. "We're cutting some Discovery.com, the...

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Discovery May Offer E-Sales Splits.(Brief Article)

- 2000-02-07

NEW YORK -- Although Discovery Communications Inc. is still working out the details on how its new Discovery.com Inc. unit will operate, CEO John Hendricks said the company may offer cable operators a cut of the revenue generated from online sales. NEW YORK --...

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Online players aim to improve health with prestigious, popular medical links CBS and America Online struck strategic deals to get just what spin doctors are ordering for a growing number of Web portal players. CBS picked...

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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

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	President & CEO	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	President and General Manager, Military Channel and Discovery Times Channel	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Executive Vice President & CFO	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	CIO & Senior Vice President	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Chief Operating Officer, Digital Media & Commerce Division	Current
The Knot, Inc.	Vice President, E-Commerce	Former

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Strategy & Development	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Executive Vice President, Corp Operations & General Counsel	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Executive Vice President, New Media & Network Services	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Executive Vice President, HR & Admin	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Govt Relations	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Communications	Current
Discovery	Senior Vice President, Communications	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Vice President	Current
Discovery Networks, Inc.	Senior Vice President, Natl Advertising Sales	Former

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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

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President & Manager, General Sales	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Sales	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Advertising Sales	Current
Discovery Networks, Inc.	Director, Advertising Sales	Former

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Corp Communications	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Midwest Region	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Production & Development	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Programming & Scheduling	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Vice President, Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Director, Product Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Director, Advertising Sales	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Senior Vice President & General Manager, Daytime Programming	Current

Organization	Position	Status
Discovery Communications, Inc.	Manager, Production	Current

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Discovery Communications, Inc.	Manager, Product Sales	Current

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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

The online retail shake-out: GSI's Rubin

Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/04/09 - View Story
Big online retailers crowd small firms out, says GSI's Rubin

Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/04/09 - View Story
Discovery chief David Zaslav transforms television company

USA Today - 9/01/09 - View Story
Discovery E-Book Filing Raises Eyebrows: Md. Firm Mum on Patent Application

Washington Post - 8/30/09 - View Story
Discovery E-Book Filing Raises Eyebrows

Washington Post - 8/28/09 - View Story
Discovery Media Silent on 'E-Book' Patent File

Washington Post - 8/28/09 - View Story
DirectTV deal may save Sirius XM Radio from bankruptcy

Financial Post - 8/26/09 - View Story
Sirius hooks up iPhone to premium satellite radio

Washington Post - 8/26/09 - View Story
Archive Top media execs wonder how Twitter will make money

Seattle Times - 8/24/09 - View Story
Clinton's World View

Washington Post - 8/23/09 - View Story
David Rothkopf -- Hillary Clinton Redefining State Department and Her Own Role

Washington Post - 8/22/09 - View Story
Starz Chief Clasen to Retire

Light Reading - 8/21/09 - View Story
paidContent - Industry Moves: Starz CEO Clasen To Retire, Liberty Starts Search; Time To Split Company?

Reuters - 8/19/09 - View Story
Clasen Retiring as Starz CEO

Multichannel Online - 8/19/09 - View Story
Starz CEO Clasen to retire

Denver Business Journal - 8/19/09 - View Story
Starz CEO Clasen to retire

The Denver Business Journal - 8/19/09 - View Story
Loss widens at Ascent Media amid production slowdown

The Denver Business Journal - 8/18/09 - View Story
Sirius XM raising $250M to repay Liberty Media

The Denver Business Journal - 8/13/09 - View Story
Sirius XM Radio offers $250 mln notes to repay debt

CNN Money - 8/12/09 - View Story
Stocks on the move: ADC, E-House, JA Solar, Lennar, Sara Lee

Alameda Times-Star - 8/12/09 - View Story

DISCA $31.57 -0.28 (-0.88% )

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1 Year

Average Volume	1,598,410
Shares Outstanding	135.15M
Market Cap	4.3B
Year High	32.4
Year Low	12.44
Earnings Per Share	1.19
P/E Ratio	26.53
Dividend	N/A
Yield	N/A

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Discovery Communications

CEO Rating

David M. Zaslav

President and CEO

42% Approve

Employer Rating

“Neutral” 3.2

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