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Earnings: Discovery Q2 Revs Up 10 Percent; Ad Revs Up 10 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 11 Aug 2008 06:20 AM PST

Cable ad revenue has been consistently solid this quarter, and Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) is continuing the trend… Revenue for the company grew 10 percent to $863 million in Q2.…

Discovery Communications: Executive Pay, $31 Million In Digital Media Revs; Anti-Takeover Measures - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 12 Jun 2008 09:20 AM PST

As Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) gets set to trade as a standalone company, it has filed a detailed, preliminary proxy filing, explaining what the business consists of, its financial picture,…

Discovery Holdings Finalizes Deal With Advance/Newhouse Combining Stakes In Discovery Communications - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 04 Jun 2008 01:11 PM PST

This was announced in principle last December, and now the details have been worked out: Discovery Holdings and Advance/Newhouse are combining their holdings in Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA), which will…

Discovery Invests in Sassa’s Web Publishing Firm Uber.com; UMG Other Investor - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 26 May 2008 09:00 PM PST

Last we knew, Scott Sassa, the former CEO of Friendster, had left his EIR position at Kleiner Perkins and taken over as the CEO of an obscure social network Uber.com.…

Industry Moves: Discovery Hires Time Warner Veteran Kayse To Head Digital Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 07 Feb 2008 12:41 PM PST

Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) has hired 24-year Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) veteran Kathleen Kayse as EVP of digital media sales. Kayse comes from AOL’s Platform-A organization where she was EVP…

Discovery And Oprah Form New JV Called OWN; Focus On Multi-Platform - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 15 Jan 2008 10:47 AM PST

Updated below: In a curious deal, Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) have formed a new 50:50 joint venture called “OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.” The new multiplatform media…

Discovery Holding And Advance/Newhouse Combine Stakes, Form New Holding Company - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 13 Dec 2007 07:28 AM PST

Discovery Holding Company and Advance/Newhouse are combining their respective stakes in cable net Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) to form a new, unified holding company—making Discovery a fully public company. The…

@ UBS Media Week: Discovery CEO Zaslav; HowStuffWorks on Prime Web Real Estate - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 04 Dec 2007 09:04 AM PST

It’s been a busy year for Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) and its CEO David Zaslav, who took the job in January. In August, the company made two digital acquisitions: TreeHugger…