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Discovery, Inc.

A media company that built a family of factual television channels, including Discovery Channel, HGTV, Animal Planet, and TLC, watched by millions. History graduate John Hendricks founded it in 1982 as a documentary network and launched the Discovery Channel in 1985. Its Shark Week special was reportedly dreamed up on a cocktail napkin by executives, and in 2022 the company merged with WarnerMedia to become Warner Bros. Discovery.