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'''Discovery Communications, Inc.''' (DCI) describes itself as "the leading global real-world 's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.8 billion cumulative subscribers in 218 countries and entertainment companyterritories.".<ref name="about">Discovery Communications, [http://corporate.discovery.com/our-company/overview/ "Company Overview"], ''Discovery Communications''organization website, Accessed Feb. 15accessed February 20, 2013.</ref> Discovery Communications is publicly traded entity. The company started as a single channel in 1985, the Discovery Channel.<ref name="glance">[http://corporate-media.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/pdf/q3-2012-at-a-glance.pdf "Discovery at a Glance"], ''Discovery Communications'', Accessed Feb. 15, 2013.</ref>
DCI now produces multiple channels such as BBC America, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, the Oprah Winfrey Channel, The Hub, the Investigation Discovery channel, The Military Channel, and, in partnership with the ''New York Times'', The Discovery Times.<ref name="glance"></ref>
Discovery Communications posted $4.235 billion in total revenues in 2011.<ref>Discovery Communications "[http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDYxMDYwfENoaWxkSUQ9NDg5Mjk3fFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 2011 Annual Report"], organizational website, accessed February 13, 2013</ref> CNN Money ranked Discovery Communications as the 7th fast-growing company in the country in 2012.<ref>CNN Money, [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2011/snapshots/7.html 100 fastest growing businesses], Accessed 2/11/2013.</ref>
==Personnel=====Board of Directors===
As of February 2013: <ref>Discovery Communications, "[http://corporate.discovery.com/leadership Leadership"], organizational website, accessed February 13, 2013</ref>
*[[John S. Hendricks]], Founder & Chairman, Discovery Communications
===Corporate Management===
Accessed February, 2013: <ref> Discovery Communications, "[http://corporate.discovery.com/leadership/Directors Board of Directors"], organizational website, accessed February 13, 2013</ref>
*[[David M. Zaslav]], President & CEO, Discovery Communications
One Discovery Place<br>
Silver Spring, MD 20910<br>
Phone: (240) 662-2000<br>
Websites: [http://www.discovery.com www.discovery.com] <br>
