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		<title><![CDATA[SEC Watch: New Discovery COO Ligouri Gets $200,000 Signing Bonus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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&#8212;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...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-Fox Entertainment Head Ligouri Joins Discovery As COO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Former Fox Broadcasting entertainment chair Peter Liguori (pictured, left) has been named COO of Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA). He succeeds Mark Hollinger, who last week was made president and CEO of Discovery Networks International, replacing Greg Ricca, who&#8217;s stepping down. Liguori resigned as chairman of entertainment, Fox Broadcasting, after...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Greg Ricca Stepping Down As Discovery's International Head; COO Hollinger Tapped To Replace Him]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Greg Ricca is resigning his post as president and CEO of Discovery Networks International and will will exit the company he joined two years ago. In his place, Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) COO Mark Hollinger (pictured, left) has been named to succeed Ricca, who will remain briefly to assist...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:49:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovery appoints Hollinger to head international TV arm]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollinger makes a sideways move across Discovery: at present he is chief operating officer of Discovery Communications, the parent company of DNI. His appointment is effective immediately. It is not known whether Ricca has a job to go outside Discovery, but he will remain with the company during what it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:17:33 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovery Promotes Todd Zander to VP, Digital Media Distribution]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery Communications has promoted Todd Zander to vice president, Digital Media Distribution, the media company announced today. Zander is responsible for driving further distribution of Discovery's digital media offerings across online and mobile platforms. He also will work with the Discovery Education division to extend distribution for the company's educational...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:49:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBS CEO Moonves: In 'Constant Conversations' With Oprah]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- CBS Corp.'s top executive said the company is "in dialogue" with daytime-TV queen Oprah Winfrey about the status of her long-running syndicated program, amidst speculation that the talk-show host could move her show to a cable start-up she has been working on with Discovery Communications. "We...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[OWN Taps Comcast's Singer To Manage Distribution, Sales Strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:27:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovery's Digital Head Kayse Tapped To Lead Ad Sales For Oprah's OWN Channel]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After a year and a half as Discovery Communications&#8217; EVP of digital media sales, Kathy Kayse is being moved over to take over ad sales for the company&#8217;s forthcoming cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Kayse came to Discovery from AOL (NYSE: TWX)&#8212;she had been a 24-year Time...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Discovery's Zaslav Gets A Raise, An Extention?And Could Get Another $55 Million Or So]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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&#8217;s on top of base compensation and annual bonuses. (Details below.) The payments are included in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Discovery Communications Working On eBook Reader? [Voices]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery Communications DISCA has filed for a patent on an e-book reader, the Baltimore Sun reported over late last week. The Sun notes that Discovery, which owns Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and other cable properties, filed a patent for the device in February; but the Sun notes that the patent...]]></description>
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