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The Hollywood Reporter7y
Discovery Argues It’s Not Legally Responsible for TV Star’s Social Media Posts
By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Discovery Communications is due to appear in court on Thursday in Maryland to argue that it has no place in a war of words on Facebook between two ...
Yahoo7y
Discovery Communications Ups Stake In OWN Via $70 Million Harpo Deal, Oprah Winfrey Extends Contract Through 2025
Discovery Communications has paid $70 million to Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo, Inc. to acquire an additional 24.5% stake in the companies’ joint venture, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. With the ...
CNN7y
Discovery agrees to buy parent of HGTV, Food Network
Discovery Communications, which owns TLC and Animal Planet, is acquiring Scripps Networks, which owns Food Network and HGTV, in an $11.9 billion deal. "Together, we're about 20% of the viewership ...
The Hollywood Reporter12y
Discovery Communications to Acquire ProSieben’s Scandinavian Assets in $1.7 Billion Deal
Cable networks powerhouse Discovery Communications has won the auction for the Scandinavian assets of German TV giant ProSiebenSat.1 in a deal that values the business at $1.7 billion (€1.33 ...
Los Angeles Times7y
Discovery to acquire Scripps Networks in $11.9-billion deal
Discovery Communications carved a lucrative niche in television with “Deadliest Catch,” “Shark Week” and other shows that portray survival in the wilds. On Monday, the cable programming ...
The Washington Post7y
Discovery Communications is selling Md. headquarters and moving to New York
Discovery Communications, the $7.4 billion company behind Shark Week and popular cable channels including TLC and Animal Planet, is moving its headquarters from Silver Spring, Md., to New York.
Wall Street Journal10y
Discovery to Take Control of Hub Children's Network
Discovery Communications Inc. and toy giant Hasbro Inc. are ending their equal partnership in the Hub, a cable network that hoped to become a force in children's television but made little headway ...
CBS News16y
Discovery: Acquirer or Target?
Discovery Communications, the company behind the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, picked quite the week to go public.Even so, as the financial crisis wreaks havoc on the markets, the company's ...
TheWrap9y
Discovery’s Q2 Profit Drops Despite Sales Growth
Discovery Communications’ second quarter profit fell 25 percent from 2014, despite the network of networks seeing a slight sales uptick overall. The TV media company couldn’t hit the marks ...
Wall Street Journal11y
Discovery Goes Abroad for Growth
On Discovery Communications' popular TV reality show "Gold Rush," guest prospectors endure harsh conditions in remote parts of the world to try to strike it rich. The cable-TV network's experience ...