Discovery Officially Completes Scripps Acquisition

Discovery Communications has officially completed its acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, with the combined company to operate as Discovery, Inc.

“Today marks another critical milestone for Discovery, as we become a differentiated kind of media company with the most trusted portfolio of family-friendly brands around the globe,” said David Zaslav, the president and CEO of Discovery. “As a new global leader in real life entertainment, Discovery will serve loyal and passionate audiences around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains across every screen; deliver new ways for advertisers and distributors to reach highly targeted audiences at scale; and leverage our leadership position to create new value and growth opportunities for all of our stakeholders.”

Kenneth W. Lowe, former chairman, president and CEO of Scripps Networks Interactive, will join Discovery’s board of directors, effective immediately.

The combined Discovery, Inc. has a reach in 220 countries and territories and 50 languages with 8,000 hours of original programming