Discovery Names New Executives for Strategic Division

SILVER SPRING, February
25: Discovery Networks International has appointed Catherine Mullen as the
senior VP of strategy and digital media and Alden Mitchell as the VP of
strategy.

Mullen will report to
Sahar Elhabashi, the COO of Discovery Networks International, and will work in
partnership with international senior management to set strategic and business
development priorities across the divisions, as well as drive the international
digital-media business. Previously, Mullen held roles at Dailymotion.com, Fuse
and MTV Networks International.

Reporting to Mullen,
Mitchell will help manage strategic planning and business development for the division.
Mitchell joins Discovery from MTV Networks and previously held positions at
Time Warner, Yahoo! and Disney.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski