Warner Bros. Discovery is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. The company works in the following areas: film, television, cable networks and publishing operations.
Warner Bros. Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution International (international distribution and production; most active in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico)
AOL - spun-off in 2009 and acquired by Verizon Communications in 2015, thus operating under the latter's media division from 2017 to 2021. AOL is now owned by Apollo Global Management.
Atari, Inc. - sold to Jack Tramiel on July 1, 1984, for 50 dollars cash and 240 million in stock and notes.
ACC Select
Atlanta Braves - Transferred to Liberty Media in exchange for 60 million shares of Time Warner stock (valued at $1.27 billion) held by Liberty Media.
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Thrashers
Bad Wolf - minority stake; sold to Sony Pictures Television in 2021.
BET Holdings, Inc. – 15% with Robert Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications, Inc., sold its stake in 1996.
BET Action Pay-Per-View – purchased by TVN Entertainment Corp. in 2001
Hulu (10% stake) - sold to Hulu LLC, but was allocated between The Walt Disney Company (7%) and Comcast (3%); Disney acquired majority interest (66%) of Hulu, with Comcast as minority partner (33%), in 2019.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - between 1967 and 1969 was owned by Time Inc. as a shareholder; briefly owned by Turner Broadcasting System in 1986; sold back to Kirk Kerkorian later that year and currently owned by Amazon's MGM Holdings, while the pre-May 1986 library was retained by Turner Entertainment Co.
National Kinney Corporation – spun-off in 1978 and renamed as Andal Corporation
Discovery Education - majority stake sold to Francisco Partners in 2018 and Clearlake Capital Group in 2022
Great American Country - divested to GAC Media in 2021 and rebranded as GAC Family
Group Nine Media - 35% stake, sold to Vox Media in 2022.[3]
Discovery Digital Networks - sold to Group Nine Media in 2016
HowStuffWorks - sold to Blucora in 2018
Dormant or shuttered[]
These are Warner Bros. Discovery divisions which have been closed or folded into another part of the company.
WarnerMedia[]
Adult Swim Games
Big Pixel Studios
Associated Artists Productions - bought 1933-1957 Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the Popeye cartoons)
Bamzu.com
Beme Inc. - merged into CNN Digital Studios in 2018
Boomerang (Latin America) - closed in 2021 and replaced by Cartoonito (Latin America)
Brut Productions - acquired by Turner Broadcasting System from Faberge Inc. in 1982; library currently owned by Turner Entertainment Co.
California Video Center
Cartoon Network (Spain)
Cartoon Network Too
Castle Rock Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television
China Entertainment Television - 36% stake held by Turner Broadcasting System; ceased broadcasting in 2016
HBO Go - replaced by HBO Max in United States, Latin America, Nordics, Spain and Portugal, still active in Asian countries
HBO Nordic
HBO Portugal
HBO España
HBO NYC Productions (formerly called HBO Showcase) — folded into HBO Films
HBO Home Entertainment – transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2019
HBO Latin America Group
Headstrong Pictures
HOOQ (streaming service joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Singtel) - shut down on 30 April 2020 due to liquidation and eventually sold to Coupang in July 2020 to form the nucleus of its streaming service named Coupang Play
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation - sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment
Interstate Television - founded in early 1950s as the TV arm of Allied Artists, became Allied Artists Television in 1960s and was folded into Lorimar with the rest of AAPC in 1979
Lorimar Home Video - folded into Warner Home Video in 1988
Toonami (channels in India, Southeast Asia, and UK & Ireland)
Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
Turner International Argentina
Turner Classic Movies (Asia)
Turner Home Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video in 1997
Turner Pictures
Turner Program Services - folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features - a former division of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that licensed Warner Bros. feature films, television series, miniseries, TV films, and specials to the pay television and basic cable markets, as well as feature films to the broadcast networks. Formed in 1994, It was re-organized in 2001 as “Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution”, before folding into Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 2008
Warner Alliance - a now-defunct contemporary Christian music division owned by Warner Music Group, which operated until 1998. The company was done in by Warner purchasing Word Entertainment.
Warner Resound - a now-defunct Christian division of Warner Music Group, focused on distributing Christian music and media, as well as products from other artists like Vigilantes of Love and The Call. The company largely became dormant after Word Entertainment was sold to Warner Music Group.
Weintraub Entertainment Group - 15% stake previously held by Columbia Pictures
The WB - 64% joint venture with Tribune Broadcasting; closed in 2006.
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) - video library, selected wrestler contracts and other intellectual property sold to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., now known as WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), through its subsidiary W. Acquisition Company (which was subsequently renamed WCW Inc. following the sale) in 2001.
Yalli Productions
Discovery, Inc.[]
3net - 3D television channel jointly owned with Sony and IMAX Corporation; operated from 2011 to 2014
AIMS Multimedia - acquired by Discovery Education in 2004
Altschul Group Corporation - acquired by Discovery Education in 2003
FilmFair Communications
C4
Canal 8 Sport
Clearvue & SVE - acquired by Discovery Education in 2006
Dplay - replaced in available regions by Discovery+
Board of directors:Samuel DiPiazza (Chairman) • David Zaslav • Robert Bennett • Li Haslett Chen • Richard Fisher • Paul Gould • Debra Lee • John C. Malone • Fazal Merchant • Steven Miron • Steven Newhouse • Paula Price • Geoff Yang
Senior management:David Zaslav (President and CEO) • Toby Emmerich • Channing Dungey • Casey Bloys • Kathleen Finch • Chris Licht • JB Perrette • Gerhard Zeiler
from Turner:Audience Network • Boomerang (Germany) • Boomerang (Latin America) • Cable Music Channel • CNN+ (Channel) • CNNfn • CNNSI • CNN Airport • FilmStruck • Game Show Network (42%) • Great Big Story • Hulu (10%) • Retro • Super Deluxe • Toonami Channel (Asia) • Toonami India • TCM South East Asia • Turner Program Services • Turner South • WB India • Woohoo (Brazil) • Universal Wrestling Corporation • WPCH-TV from HBO:Festival • HBO Boxing Pay-Per-View • HBO Defined (India) • HBO Downtown Productions • HBO en Español • HBO España • HBO Hits • HBO Home Entertainment • HBO Independent Productions • HBO Latin America Group • HBO Netherlands • HBO Nordic • HBO Now • HBO NYC Productions • HBO Portugal • Red by HBO • Take 2 • Time Life Television from Discovery & Scripps:3net • 7food network • Animal Planet Italy • Canal 8 Sport • Canal+ DiscoveryJV (Poland) • Discovery Channel Radio • Discovery Channel Romania • Discovery Civilization • Discovery Digital Networks • Discovery Family (France) • Discovery Geschichte • Discovery Health Channel • Discovery Home & Health • Southeast Asia • UK & Ireland • Discovery Kids • Australia • Canada • Southeast Asia • United Kingdom • Discovery Kids on NBC • Discovery Networks • CEEMEA • Northern Europe • Discovery People • Discovery Real Time • France • UK and Ireland • Discovery Shed • Discovery Showcase HD • Discovery Travel & Living Europe • Discovery Turbo Asia • Discovery Wings • Discovery World Europe • DKids • Dplay • Eurosport 360° • Eurosport 2 Xtra Portugal • Eurosport DK • Eurosport News • Eurosport Pluss (Norway) • Fine Living Europe • FitTV • Focus • Food Network (New Zealand) • FYI Canada • Good Food • GXT • HowStuffWorks • Jeet Prime • PixL • Quest Arabiya • Ready Set Learn! • SBS Radio Nordic • Setanta Sports Asia • VivoltaJV (France)
