Discovery Extends Deal With President and CEO Zaslav

Discovery Communications is pleased to announce the extension of President and CEO David Zaslav’s employment contract through Dec. 31, 2019, and makes Zaslav a significant long-term shareholder. The company reported that, since joining Discovery as CEO in January 2007, Zaslav and his management team have doubled the total number of Discovery networks around the world from 100 to nearly 200, grown global cumulative subscribers over 50% to 2.2 billion, and completed the company’s largest acquisition, of SBS Nordics, in 2013.