Discovery Communications Executives Leave
From the NYT:
The departure of two of the most senior executives at Discovery Communications reflects an effort by the new chief executive, David M. Zaslav, to play a more hands-on role in running the company’s core cable TV channels.
As part of a management overhaul announced yesterday, the heads of the company’s main channels — including the Discovery Channel, TLC, Discovery Travel, Discovery Health and Animal Planet — will now report to Mr. Zaslav, a former NBC Universal executive who joined the company in December. William M. Campbell III, the president of Discovery’s United States channels since 2002, is leaving the company, and his position is not being filled.
Dawn L. McCall, the president of Discovery Networks International, is being succeeded by Greg Ricca, a former chief operating officer of MTV International. Mr. Ricca will report to Mark Hollinger, who has been the company’s senior vice president for operations but was promoted yesterday to president for global businesses and operations.
Other executives, including the general managers of the TLC and Animal Planet channels, are leaving the company. Discovery also replaced its head of human resources with a former colleague of Mr. Zaslav’s at NBC Universal.
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