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TV Show Exclusively About Fast Food To Debut

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Jon Hein Fast Food Mania, Fast Food, Video, Fast Food Mania, Discovery Fast Food, Destination America, Discovery Communications, Jon Hein Fast Food, Destination America Fast Food, Food News

Love fast food? You'll want to watch "Fast Food Mania," a new show from Discovery Communications network that debuts June 3. It'll appear on an entire...

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Video: Revision3 To Be Acquired by Discovery Communications

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.03.2012

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Andy Plesser

Revision3, the popular technology and geek lifestyle original video network will be acquired by Discovery Communications, the company announced today...

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The Discovery Channel's Shameful Self-Censorship

Daniel Souweine | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Discovery Channel, Glaciers, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Frozen Planet, Discovery Communications, Media News
Daniel Souweine

But there was one thing missing from the final installment of Frozen Planet: in 45 minutes, not a word was uttered about why all that Arctic ice is melting. Discovery has admitted to wanting to avoid criticism from climate change deniers.

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'19 Kids And Counting' Extortion Attempt

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Video, Tlc, Discovery Communications, Jim Bob Duggar, 19 Kids and Counting, Michelle Duggar, The Duggars, TV News

DAVENPORT, Iowa (Associated Press) -- An Iowa woman is charged with extortion in an alleged plot to get Discovery Communications Inc. to cancel the TL...

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Misdirected Ire: Why I'll Keep Using Kayak

Paul Brady | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: All-American Muslim, Lowe's, Discovery Communications, Kayak, Advertising, Tlc, Advertising Boycott, Travel News
Paul Brady

Travel booking site Kayak.com won't be advertising on future episodes of All-American Muslim, and I couldn't care less.

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Oprah's Network Still Struggling

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Oprah Winfrey, Discovery Communications, Oprah, Rosie O'Donnell, Oprah Lifeclass, Own, Rosie Show, Oprah Winfrey Own, Media News

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is still losing money, according to the New York Post. While parent company Discovery Communications poured $15 mi...

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News Corp., Discovery, K-Swiss Among Riskiest Companies: Report

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: News Corp, Investments, Discovery Communications, Discovery Channel, K-Swiss, Business News, Riskiest Investments, Gmi's Risk List, Risky Investment, Video, Business News

Investors looking for a low-risk investment likely know to stay away from News Corp. -- Rupert Murdoch’s media empire that was rocked by a phone hac...

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Time Warner Cable Drops Some Channels From iPad App

AP | By JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Time Warner Cable Inc. will drop a dozen cable channels from its iPad app after three big programmers complained that the company does n...

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Discovery Channel Seeks 'Chief Shark Officer'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Discovery Channel, Chief Shark Officer, Discovery Communications, Discovery Channel Chief Shark Officer, Media News

Now here's a job offer you don't see every day: the Discovery Channel is seeking a "Chief Shark Officer" to promote its iconic Shark Week coverage. T...

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Oprah Network Expects To Hit A Big Milestone A Year Early

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oprah Winfrey Network Profit, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, Discovery Communications, Oprah Own Profit, Oprah, Media News

The Oprah Winfrey Network is expected to turn a profit in its first year, the New York Times reports. That's about a year before previous forecasts pr...

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Meet The Man Behind Oprah's New Network

forbes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, Discovery Oprah Winfrey Network, David Zaslav Oprah, Oprah Winfrey Network, Media News

David Zaslav is a longtime TV exec, but his new Oprah Winfrey Network will define him--one way or another. ...

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Discovery Channel Hostage Situation: Gunman Holed Up In Building

AP | SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters ...

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Dear Oprah: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen... Good-bye Already

Meredith C. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Discovery Communications, Bono, Bill Gates, Fortune Magazine, Barack Obama, Schindler's List, Oxygen Network, Celine Dion, Wynonna Judd, Oprah Winfrey Show, Ali MacGraw, Oprah Winfrey Network, Media News
Meredith C. Carroll

When Oprah announced this would be the last season of her celebrated talk show, millions of rabid viewers prayed it was just a ploy. And now, it's feeling painfully like her show might actually never end.

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'Martha Is A Personality; Oprah Is A Way Of Life'

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, Discovery Communications, Oprah, Martha Stewart, Peter Liguori, Peter Liguori Discovery, Media News

[Discovery Commuications COO Peter] Liguori: Martha is a personality; Oprah is a way of life. Oprah's intention is for everyone she touches to live th...

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Mental Illness Policy Forces Police to Shoot Mentally Ill James Jay Lee at Discovery Channel

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Hostage, Crime, James Hay Lee, Discovery Channel, DJ Jaffe, Hospitals, James Jay Lee, Psychiatric, Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, Mentally Ill, Shooting, Mental Health, Police, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Shot, Discovery Communications, Discovery Channel Hostage, Discovery Channel Gunman, Discovery Channel Hostage Situation, Media News, Discovery Channel Hostage Gunman, Discovery Channel Building, Media News
DJ Jaffe

If you are mentally ill in Maryland, you are over 2 ½ times more likely to be arrested for it than treated for it.

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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Discovery Channel Insider: Sarah Palin's Show Is "a New All Time Low for Discovery"

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Young Turks, Discovery Communications, Sarah Palin, Discovery, Tlc, Media News
Cenk Uygur

According to an inside source at Discovery Channel, people who viewed the promo for Sarah Palin's new show were "rolling their eyes, snickering, and even laughing."

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Discovery Chairman Defends Sarah Palin Show

DailyFinance | JEFF BERCOVICI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Palin's Alaska, Discovery Communications, Sarah Palin Discovery, Discovery, Sarah Palin, Media News

"We've had success in the past where we've had people who've had an obvious connection to a region or a state," said Henricks. "Like, we did a travelo...

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Discovering Sarah Palin

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rodger Schlickeisen, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin's Alaska, Fox, Tlc, Discovery Communications, Defenders of Wildlife, Sarah Palin, Media News
Lee Schneider

It's surprising that The Discovery Channel, known for their stunning wildlife-focused shows, would choose to embrace a controversial and anti-wildlife persona such as Sarah Palin.

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Discovery Communications, David Zaslav Darlings Of Both TV Industry And Wall Street

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Zaslav, Discovery Communications, Discovery Channel, Media News

That is a big endorsement of Discovery, especially considering that it is just one-ninth the size of Mr. Murdoch's company, the News Corporation. It i...

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Discovery Earnings UP In 4Q

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc. posted a 46 percent jump in fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, taking in more money from the ...

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Peter Ligouri Named Discovery COO

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc., which owns Discovery, TLC and other cable channels, on Monday named Peter Liguori as chief o...

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Discovery, Baidu Partner For Chinese Web Site

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Discovery China, Discovery Baidu, China, Discovery Communications, Baidu, Discovery Channel, Media News

Discovery Communications, the owner of the Discovery Channel and other cable channels, has signed a pact with Baidu, a leading search engine in China,...

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Disney Inks Deal with Hulu: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 1, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Espn, Microsoft, Sumner Redstone, Mediabytes, Discovery Communications, Windows 7, Shelly Palmer, Hasbro, Nbcuu, Abc, Media News, Fox, Hulu, Disney, Comcast, Viacom, Nbc, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Disney has officially become an equity-owning partner in NBCU-Fox venture Hulu.

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People-to-People-Based Foreign Policy

Kenneth Wollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Democratic Institute, Smart Power, Discovery Communications, America, War of Ideas, Hilary Clinton Secretary of State, Judith McHale, War on Terror, Extremism, Radical Extremism, World News
Kenneth Wollack

We can foster connections and exchanges that can build trust, demonstrate our values, and blend people together in a web of relationships that cross borders and cultural divides.

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