Discovery CEO Is Leaving.(Judith McHale)

Multichannel News, August, 2006 by Moss, Linda

By Linda Moss Discovery Communications Inc. is losing a veteran executive with the impending exit of president and CEO Judith McHale, who's leaving Dec. 1 to work on social and philanthropic issues. Her departure was announced last week. Discovery founder and chairman John Hendricks will chair a search committee to find her replacement.

The names of several potential successors have already surfaced, including Mark Hollinger, general counsel, and Billy Campbell, president of Discovery Networks U.S. McHale will continue to advise Hendricks on Discovery's education initiatives and serve as chairman of the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, which brings together both public and private groups to support technology and education...

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