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Discovery, Inc.
FormerlyCable Educational Network Inc. (1982–1994)
Discovery Communications, LLC (1994–2018)
Company typePublic
IndustryMass media
PredecessorsDiscovery Holding Company
Scripps Networks Interactive
Founded
  • 1982;42 years ago(1982)(Cable Educational Network)
  • 1994;30 years ago(1994)(Discovery Communications)
FounderJohn Hendricks[1][citation needed]
DefunctApril 8, 2022;2 years ago(2022-04-08)
FateMerged withWarnerMediato form Warner Bros. Discovery.
SuccessorWarner Bros. Discovery
Headquarters230Park Avenue South,
New York City,New York
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsFactual television
RevenueDecreaseUS$10.671billion(2020)
IncreaseUS$2.515 billion (2020)
DecreaseUS$1.355 billion (2020)
Total assetsIncreaseUS$34.087 billion (2020)
Total equityIncreaseUS$12.000 billion (2020)
Number of employees
9,800 (2020)
Divisions
Subsidiaries
Websitecorporate.discovery
(archived November 26, 2018)
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4][5]

Discovery, Inc.was an Americanmultinationalmass mediafactual televisionconglomeratebased inNew York City.Established in 1982, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesakeDiscovery Channel,Animal Planet,Science Channel,andTLC.In 2018, the company acquiredScripps Networks Interactive,adding networks such asFood Network,HGTV,andTravel Channelto its portfolio. Since the purchase, Discovery described itself as serving members of "passionate" audiences, and also placed a focus onstreaming servicesbuilt around its properties.

Discovery owned or had interests in local versions of its channel brands in international markets, in addition to its other major regional operations such asEurosport(a pan-European group of sports channels, most prominently the rightsholder of theOlympic Gamesthroughout most of Europe),GolfTV(an internationalgolf-focused streaming service, which is the international digital rightsholder of thePGA Tour),Discovery Communications Nordic(which operates general-interest channels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland),TVN Groupin Poland, and a portfolio of various free-to-air channels in Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

In May 2021,AT&Tannounced its proposal tomergeits media subsidiaryWarnerMediawith Discovery, Inc. The transaction was approved by theEuropean Commissionin December 2021 and was completed on April 8, 2022, formingWarner Bros. Discovery.

History[edit]

Former headquarters of Discovery, Inc. inSilver Spring, Maryland

The company was established in 1982 inLandover, Marylandas the Cable Educational Network. Its namesake and flagship brand,Discovery Channel,first launched on June 17, 1985.[6][7]In 1991, Discovery Channel's owners acquiredThe Learning Channel.[8]Three years later, Cable Educational Network was renamed Discovery Communications.

In October 1996, Discovery launched several new spin-off networks, includingAnimal Planet,and thedigital cablechannelsDiscovery Kids,Discovery Travel & Living,Discovery Civilization,andScience Channel.This was followed by the 1997 purchase of a 70% stake inTravel Channel,and the 1998 launches ofDiscovery en Español,Discovery Wings,andDiscovery Health Channel.[9][10][11]Also in 1998, Discovery acquired a stake in the struggling CBS Eye on People channel; Discovery eventually acquired the remainder of CBS's stake, leading to its January 1999 relaunch asDiscovery People.[12][13]The network quietly folded in 2000, being replaced by other Discovery channels on providers.[14]

On September 1, 2001, Discovery Communications bought The Health Channel, and announced that it would be re-branded asFitTV.[15]In 2002, Discovery relaunched Discovery Civilization as Discovery Times, as part of a joint venture withThe New York Times.[16]In June 2002, coinciding with Discovery's 17th anniversary, the company launched a 24/7high definitionchannel known asDiscovery HD Theater.[17]In 2003, Discovery Communications moved its headquarters fromBethesdatoSilver Spring.[18]In 2003 and 2004, Discovery acquired academic film companies such as AGC, AIMS Multimedia, and Clearvue & SVE to form Discovery Education, which is now led by Jeremy Cowdrey, former CEO of Imagine Learning.[19][20][21]In 2019, Discovery Communications moved its headquarters toNew York City,[22]keeping 300 employees in a smaller hub in Silver Spring.[23]

Zaslav era[edit]

FormerNBCUniversalexecutiveDavid Zaslavwas named president and CEO of Discovery Communications on November 16, 2006.[24]In the years that followed, Zaslav placed a major focus on bolstering Discovery's core networks, programming, and expanding the company's reach intodigital media.He described these goals as reflecting an expansion into becoming a "content company" rather than just a "cable company".[25]

In March 2007, Discovery sold its stake in Travel Channel back toCox Communications,in exchange for the stake in Discovery that Cox owned.[26]Cox would later sell the controlling interest in the channel toScripps Networks Interactivein 2009.[27]In June 2008, Discovery Home was replaced byPlanet Green,a network devoted primarily to environmentalism andsustainable living.[28]

In 2007, according toCrunchbase,TreeHuggerwas acquired by Discovery Communications on August 1, 2007, for $10 million.[citation needed][verification needed]In 2012,Mother Nature Network,founded by Joel Babbit and Chuck Leavell (now Narrative Content Group) acquired TreeHugger.[needs update]

On January 15, 2008, Discovery announced that it had entered into a joint venture withOprah Winfrey'sHarpo Productionsto relaunch Discovery Health as a new service,OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network,in 2009.[29]In 2008, Discovery Times was relaunched asInvestigation Discovery,a new brand that would be dedicated totrue crimeprograms and documentaries.[30]The company also formed its Emerging Networks Group, and named Clark Bunting as president[31]and Clint Stinchcomb as executive vice president and general manager.[32]On April 30, 2009, Discovery announced a joint venture withHasbroto relaunch Discovery Kids as a new youth- and family-oriented entertainment channel.[33][34]The channel, ultimately namedThe Hub,launched on October 10, 2010.[35][36]After multiple delays, OWN officially launched on January 1, 2011.[37][38]

On March 17, 2009, Discovery Communications suedAmazonforpatent infringementby itsKindlee-readerline, regarding "secure distribution of electronic text and graphics to subscribers and secure storage". The patents were originally developed by Discovery founderJohn Hendricks,who had been developing technologies related toe-booksand thedigitizationof television programs. While Discovery had divested the television-related patents, it retained the e-book patents.[39]Amazon subsequently accused Discovery of violating a patent for an "Internet-based customer referral system";[40]The two parties settled in 2011.[41]

On October 4, 2011, due to the wider implementation of high-definition feeds for mainstream cable channels, HD Theater was relaunched asVelocity,a new "upscale male" network focusing on automotive programming.[42][43][44]On May 26, 2012, Planet Green (which had begun to abandon its original concept in 2010 due to poor viewership)[28]was relaunched asDestination America.[45]

In January 2014, Discovery launchedCuriosity,a website that aggregatesonline educationcontent.[46]

In April 2014, Discovery made an investment and strategic partnership withDog TV,a television network made specifically for dogs.[47]

In May 2014, Discovery and its shareholderLiberty Mediaacquired British television studioAll3Mediafor $930 million in a 50/50 joint venture. The new ownership stated that All3Media would be operated as an independent company.[48]In October 2014, Discovery acquired controlling interest in Hub Network from Hasbro and re-branded it asDiscovery Family.[49][50]During the same month of that year, Discovery Communications announced a special dividend of shares of the company's Series C common stock payable to holders of record of the company's Series A common stock, Series B common stock and Series C common stock as of the close of business on July 28, 2014. As a result of the dividend, each holder of a share of the company's Series A common stock, Series B common stock or Series C common stock will receive one additional share of the company's Series C common stock on or about August 6, 2014.[51]In November 2014, Curiosity was spun out as a venture-fundedstartup,receiving $6 million in funding.[52]

In November 2015, Discovery Communications and Liberty Global paid approximately $195 million for a 3.4% stake inLionsgate Entertainmentwith Discovery CEO David Zaslav joining the Lionsgate board of directors as part of the acquisition.[53][54][55]In December 2015, Discovery launched Discovery Go, aTV Everywhereservice offering access to live streaming and on-demand content from Discovery Communications' cable networks.[56]

In May 2016, Discovery initiated a restructuring plan aiming to save $40 to $60 million by the third quarter of 2016, including a shift in strategy to "maximize" its linear television business whilst plotting larger investments in content, digital media, sports, and international markets.[57]In August 2016, Discovery purchased a minority stake in the Hong Kong-based digital talent and content company VS Media; Discovery intended to have VS distributeDiscovery Digital Networkscontent in China, and to offer their own resources to VS.[58][59][60]

In October 2016, Discovery purchased a minority stake inGroup Nine Media,adigital mediaholding company consisting ofThrillist Media Group,NowThis,The Dodo and Discovery's digital network Seeker—for $100 million. The transaction gave Discovery an option to acquire a majority stake at a later date.[61][62]

Acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive[edit]

On July 31, 2017, Discovery announced it would acquireScripps Networks Interactive,owner of networks such asFood Network,HGTV,andDIY Network,for $14.6 billion, pending regulatory approval.[63]On March 6, 2018, the acquisition was completed, with the company renamed asDiscovery, Inc.afterwards. Following the purchase, SNI shareholders owned 20% of Discovery's stock.[64]Discovery retained an operational hub in SNI's home city ofKnoxville,but planned to move its corporate headquarters from Silver Spring, Maryland, where it had operated since 2003, toNew York Cityin late-2019.[65]

Discovery's brands were reorganized into two groups under differentchief brand officers:SNI's chief programmer Kathleen Finch became chief brand officer of Lifestyle, overseeing TLC, the six former Scripps channels, and Discovery's other lifestyle networks.Rich Ross,who formerly served as group president of Discovery and Science, stepped down, and would be replaced by TLC president Nancy Daniels as chief brand officer of Discovery & Factual.[66]

An on-air result of the acquisition were multiple programs featuring crossovers between TLC and Scripps talent, such as the Food Network seriesBuddy vs. Duff(a cake design competition series starringBuddy ValastroandDuff Goldmanof the TLC and Food Network programsCake BossandAce of Cakes), and a revival of TLC'sWhile You Were Outincorporating HGTV personalities.[67][68]

On August 3, 2017, Discovery announced that it would contribute Velocity into a joint venture with the digital, live events, and direct-to-consumer businesses of automotive publisher TEN: The Enthusiast Network. Discovery will hold a majority stake in the venture; it will not include TEN's print brands, but there will be opportunities for cross-promotion.[69]In April 2018, it was announced that TEN had been renamedMotor Trend Group,and that Velocity would be re-branded as an extension of its namesake magazineMotor Trend.[70][71]

In December 2017, Discovery announced that it would acquire an additional 24.5% stake in OWN that it did not already own, for $70 million. Oprah Winfrey will remain as CEO of OWN, and extended her exclusivity agreement with the network and Discovery through 2025. Harpo Productions retains a "significant minority stake" in the venture.[72]In February 2018, Discovery sold a majority stake in Discovery Education to the private equity firm Francisco Partners.[73]

Focus on direct-to-consumer services[edit]

During its 2018 upfronts, Zaslav stated that the company was now strongly focused on serving "passionate fans and passionate audiences", and was preparing to increase its focus on direct-to-consumer offerings targeting such audiences. The SNI purchase, Eurosport's Olympics rights, and the aforementionedMotor Trend-branded network were described as being examples of this strategy.[74]Food NetworkKitchen would also launch in 2019, with a focus on live and on-demand cooking classes.[75]

In June 2018, Discovery announced a 12-year agreement to acquire the international media rights to thePGA Tour,with plans to develop an international streaming service to house these rights.[76]The service was officially announced in October 2018 asGolfTV,with Eurosport executive vice president Alex Kaplan named the president and general manager of Discovery Golf.[77]Former Amazon executive Peter Faricy, who was named Discovery's chief executive of global direct-to-consumer operations in August 2018, considered GolfTV consistent with the aforementioned strategy, as golf was one of several sports "where people's passions and their interest in participating and learning more becomes a core part of their life."[78]

With Discovery choosing 230 Park Avenue South as its new New York City headquarters, Discovery sold its former Silver Spring headquarters to Foulger-Pratt andCerberus Capital Managementin September 2018, and leased a smaller space at nearby 8403 Colesville Road.[79][80][81]

In November 2018, Chip and Joanna Gaines of the former HGTV seriesFixer Upperannounced onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,that they were in early talks to form a "lifestyle focused media network" with Discovery named after their personal company Magnolia. It was reported that Discovery had considered rebranding eitherDIY NetworkorGreat American Countryas this new channel.[82][83]In April 2019, Discovery confirmed its Magnolia joint venture, which is scheduled to launch in 2020 and replace DIY Network, with an over-the-top subscription component to launch later.[84]Magnolia Network was originally scheduled to launch on October 4, 2020,[85]but it was postponed to 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[86]It was also announced thatFixer Upperwould be revived for the new channel.[87]

In January 2019, Discovery increased its ownership of Play Sports Group, operator of the YouTube channelGlobal Cycling Network,to 71%. Discovery previously acquired a 20% share in 2017.[88]The group is the foundation for an in development global cycling OTT service.[78]

On April 1, 2019, after a previous agreement with the broadcaster lapsed six years prior, Discovery announced a 10-year global content partnership withBBC Studios,under which it will become the exclusive subscription video-on-demand rightsholder of programming from theBBC Natural History Unit(which will become the basis of an international subscription service by 2020) outside of China, Ireland, and the UK. In addition, Discovery and the BBC reached an agreement to break up theirUKTVjoint venture (which was inherited from Scripps), with Discovery acquiring the BBC's shares in theGood Food,Home,andReallychannels, and BBC Studios acquiring Discovery's shares in the seven remaining channels, and its streaming platformUKTV Play.[89]Home was later rebranded as a local version of HGTV,[90]and Good Food was closed in favor of the local version of Food Network.[91]

On May 13, 2019, Discovery announced that it would acquireGolf DigestfromCondé Nastto integrate into its Discovery Golf division.[92]

In March 2020, Discovery began to deploy a new direct-to-consumer brand known asDiscovery+,initially in India, which would focus on content from across its factual and lifestyle television brands, as well as the BBC.[93]In December 2020, Discovery announced that it would launch Discovery+ in the United States on January 4, 2021, which would feature new exclusive programming from across Discovery's brands, and previews of Magnolia Network (whose linear launch had since been delayed to 2022).[94][95]

In May 2021, Discovery formed a multi-platform content partnership with theGeorgia Aquarium.[96]

Merger with WarnerMedia[edit]

Main article:Warner Bros. Discovery

On May 17, 2021,AT&Tannounced that it had reached an agreement to merge its content and broadcasting subsidiary,WarnerMedia(the former Time Warner, which AT&T had acquired in 2018 for just over $85 billion in an attempt to become avertically integratedmedia conglomerate) with Discovery Inc. to form a new company, subject to regulatory approval. The merger, scheduled to be completed in mid-2022, would be structured as aReverse Morris Trust;AT&T shareholders will hold a 71% interest in the new company's stock and appoint seven board members, and Discovery shareholders will hold 29% and appoint six board members. AT&T will receive $43 billion in cash and debt from the spin-off.[97][98]

Zaslav will lead the new company. He stated that the new company's goal would be to "[tell] the most amazing stories and have a ton of fun doing it", and emphasized that the two companies spend over $20 billion annually on content (outpacingDisney,Netflixand evenAmazon). The company will aim to expand their streaming services (which includes WarnerMedia'sHBO Max) to reach 400 million global subscribers.[97][98]

On June 1, 2021, it was announced that the merged company would be known asWarner Bros. Discovery,and an interimwordmarkwas unveiled with the tagline "The stuff dreams are made from" —a line from the 1941 Warner Bros. filmThe Maltese Falcon.Zaslav stated that the name would reflect "the combination of Warner Bros.' fabled hundred-year legacy of creative, authentic storytelling and taking bold risks to bring the most amazing stories to life, with Discovery's global brand that has always stood brightly for integrity, innovation and inspiration".[99]On June 7, 2021, Discovery announced that it would divest Great American Country toGAC Media,a new Fort Worth-based investment group led byTom Hicksand formerCrown Media HoldingsCEOBill Abbott.[100]

Electronic Arts,who were a bidder in the proposed sale ofWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment,purchased the mobile gaming studio Playdemic from WBIE forUS$1.4 billionin the same month.[101]

In September 2021,Fox CorporationacquiredTMZfrom WarnerMedia in a deal worth about $50 million with TMZ being operated under theFox Entertainmentdivision.[102]

In November 2021, Discovery and WarnerMedia discussed a plan to combine the two streaming services,HBO MaxandDiscovery+,into one streaming service in two phases: an initial phase that allows for quick bundling of the services and a second phase that allows for a common service on one tech platform.[103]In the same month, it was announced that Discovery will rename itself Warner Bros. Discovery and reclassify and convert its stock into stock of WBD.[104]

On December 22, 2021, it was announced that the transaction was approved by theEuropean Commissionand it is expected to be completed in mid-2022, subject to approval by Discovery shareholders and additional closing conditions.[105][106]

On January 5, 2022,The Wall Street Journalreported that WarnerMedia andParamount Global(at the time known as ViacomCBS) were exploring a possible sale of either a majority stake or all ofThe CW,and thatNexstar Media Group(which became The CW's largest affiliate group when it acquired formerWBco-ownerTribune Broadcastingin 2019) was considered a leading bidder.[107]The news led to speculation that, should a sale take place, new ownership could steer the network in a new direction, transforming The CW from a young adult-oriented network into one that featured more unscripted and even national news programming.[108]However, reports also indicated that WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS could include a contractual commitment that would require any new owner to buy new programming from those companies, allowing them to reap some continual revenue through the network.[109]Network president/CEOMark Pedowitzconfirmed talks of a potential sale in a memo to CW staffers, but added that "It's too early to speculate what might happen" and that the network "must continue to do what we do best."[110][111]

On January 26, 2022, it was reported that the merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery, Inc. was expected to close sometime during the second quarter of 2022.[112][113]This was later narrowed down to mid-April 2022.[114]On February 1, 2022, it was reported that AT&T had elected to structure the merger as a spin-off of WarnerMedia, followed by a merger with Discovery Inc. to form the new company. The company had been contemplating structuring the transaction as asplit-off(under which AT&T shareholders would be given the option as to whether to exchange their shares for those of the new company, rather than receive thempro rata).[115][116]On February 7, the merger was approved by the Brazilian antitrust regulatorCade.[117]It was approved by theUnited States Department of Justicetwo days later.[118]

The transaction was approved by Discovery shareholders on March 11,[119]and formally completed on April 8, 2022.[119]

2010 hostage crisis[edit]

On September 1, 2010, the Discovery headquarters were the site of a hostage taking; a lone gunman identified as James J. Lee (c. 1967– September 1, 2010), armed with twostarter pistols[120]and anexplosive device,took three peoplehostageinside of the Discovery Communications headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, prompting an evacuation of the building. Lee's motive was believed to have been grounded inenvironmental activism.Lee had previously been arrested in 2008 while protesting in front of the same site.

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at theUniversity of Marylandhas since labeled the crime aterrorist attack.[121]

The incident began at 1:00 p.m.ET,when the 43-year-old Lee entered the building with two starter pistols and fired a single round at the ceiling of the lobby.[122][123]TheMontgomery County Police Department(MCPD) confirmed that Lee had an explosive device and was holding three people[124]hostage in the lobby.[122][125]The building was placed on lockdown and most of the 1,500 employees were evacuated.[125]Children from a day care center inside were safely removed to a nearby McDonald's restaurant on Colesville Rd.[122]Lee was shot and killed by an MCPDSWAT teamat 4:48 p.m. ET after the hostages made a run to escape.[126]The remaining hostages were immediately freed.[127]The incident was described by the FBI as the first instance of a would-be suicide bomber taking hostages in the United States.[128]

Lee was an environmental protester who, in 2008, was given six months ofsupervised probationand fined $500 after he was arrested during a protest outside the Discovery Communications headquarters. Lee had published criticisms of the network in an online manifesto at Savetheplanetprotest,[123]among which was a demand for the company to cease the broadcasting of television series displaying or encouraging the birth of "parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions".[129]His manifesto also railed against "immigration pollution andanchor babyfilth ", leading commentators such as Mark Potok of theSouthern Poverty Law Centerto decry Lee as an "eco-fascist".[130]Lee's opinions were dominated byMalthusiananalysis,[131]though he also cited works ranging fromDaniel Quinn's novelMy Ishmaelto former U.S. Vice PresidentAl Gore's documentaryAn Inconvenient Truth.[132]The Washington Postcredited theTwittercommunity for initially breaking the story.[133]

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External links[edit]

  • Official website(archived November 26, 2018)
    • Historical business data for Discovery Communications:
    • SEC filings
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