Warner Bros. Discovery

Background
WarnerMedia (formerly known as Time Warner from 1990 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2018; from 2001 to 2003, AOL Time Warner; 1972 to 1990, Warner Communications and from 1966 to 1972, Kinney National Company) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by AT&T and headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1966 as Kinney National Company by Steve Ross, then reincorporated in 1972 as Warner Communications, and Time Warner was created in 1990, following a merger between Time Inc. and the original Warner Communications. On October 10, 1996, Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting System, which was established by Ted Turner in 1965. Not only did this result in the company (in a way) re-entering the basic cable television industry (in regards to nationally available channels), but Warner Bros. also regained the rights to their pre-1950 film library, which by then had been owned by Turner (the films are still technically held by Turner, but WB is responsible for sales and distribution), while Turner gained access to WB's post-1950 library, as well as other WB-owned properties. The Turner deal also brought two separate film companies, New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment, into the Time Warner fold. Despite spinning off Time Inc. in 2014, the company retained the Time Warner name until AT&T's acquisition in 2018, after which it became WarnerMedia. On October 22, 2016, AT&T officially announced that they intended on acquiring Time Warner for $85.4 billion (including assumed Time Warner debt), valuing the company at $107.50 per share. The proposed merger was confirmed on June 12, 2018, after AT&T won an antitrust lawsuit that the U.S. Justice Department filed in 2017 to attempt to block the acquisition. The merger closed two days later, with the company becoming a subsidiary of AT&T. The company's current name was adopted a day later. Under AT&T, the company moved to launch a streaming service built around the company's content, known as HBO Max two years later. On March 4, 2019, AT&T announced a major reorganization of its broadcasting assets to effectively dissolve Turner Broadcasting. Its assets were dispersed across two of the new divisions, WarnerMedia Entertainment and WarnerMedia News & Sports. WarnerMedia Entertainment would consist of HBO, TBS, TNT, TruTV, and the direct-to-consumer video service HBO Max. WarnerMedia News & Sports would have CNN Worldwide, Turner Sports, and the AT&T SportsNet regional networks led by CNN president Jeff Zucker. Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, Turner Classic Movies, and Otter Media would be moved under Warner Bros. Gerhard Zeiler moved from being president of Turner International to chief revenue officer of WarnerMedia, and will oversee the consolidated advertising and affiliation sales. David Levy and HBO chief Richard Plepler stepped down as part of the reorganization, which was described by The Wall Street Journal as being intended to end "fiefdoms". Turner Podcast Network, formed within Turner Content Distribution in 2017, became WarnerMedia Podcast Network by May 2019. WarnerMedia later refolded Turner's entertainment-based networks under a singular umbrella unit on August 10, 2020, through a consolidation of the WarnerMedia Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment assets into a new unit, WarnerMedia Studios & Networks Group. In May 2021, nearly three years after the acquisition, AT&T announced that it had proposed to spin-off WarnerMedia and merge it with Discovery, Inc. to form a new publicly-traded company, Warner Bros. Discovery, under Discovery Inc.'s CEO David Zaslav. In December 2021, it was announced that the deal was approved by the European Commission and it is expected to be completed by April 8, 2022. The company's previous assets included Time Inc., TW Telecom, AOL, Time Warner Cable, AOL Time Warner Book Group, and Warner Music Group; these operations were either sold to others or spun off as independent companies. The company was ranked No. 98 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

NOTE: This page will include Time Inc., Scripps Networks Interactive, and Discovery, Inc., because they are (almost) predecessors to this company. For a list of more predecessors that are related to this company, see at the end of this page.

1st Logo (October 13, 2010)
Logo: On a white/blue background, we see the words "Time Inc. Studios" and its reflection slowly zooming in.

FX/SFX: The zooming.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Very rare. Only seen on Bam's World Domination.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (August 9-10, 2017)
Logo: On a black background, we see the words "Time Inc." in blue.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The remaining whoosh sound from the MaggieVision Productions logo.

Availability: Only seen on The Story of Diana.

Editor's Note: None.

(August 25, 1991-1992?)
Logo: On a dark red (later black) background, we see the text "A TIME WARNER COMPANY" (later "A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" in white.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on some early shows made by HBO Independent Productions, such as the pilot episode of Roc.

Editor's Note: None.

(2003)
Logo: On a blocky blue background, we see various clips of AOL Time Warner's films and TV shows. Then they all move to the left and "AOL Time Warner" in Times New Roman surrounded by lines zooming out.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the corporate reel.

Availability: Only seen on a corporate reel by AOL Time Warner.

Editor's Note: None.

1st Logo (2019)
Logo: On a space background, the AT&T logo in yellow materializes, and zooms out as the WB shield, Turner and HBO also materialize in the same color. Then "WarnerMedia" in a modified AT&T Aleck Sans also materializes. We then fade to a yellow screen to start the reel.

FX/SFX: The logos above forming. CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme and voice-over of the reel.

Availability: Only seen on a 2019 opening reel from WarnerMedia.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (August 7, 2020-April 8, 2022?)
Logo: On a black background, we see a yellow clapperboard-like shape closing. Then on a yellow background, two black "V"-like shapes collide on the middle of the screen. Then, we see the white words "WarnerMedia" form on a black background.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Wolff Olins.

Music/Sounds: A snapping sound similar to the one heard on the Nintendo Switch start-up.

Availability: Seen on promotional videos from WarnerMedia.

Editor's Note: None.

Background
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (SNI) was an American mass media company, which was originally formed in 1994 as Scripps Networks as the cable TV division of E.W. Scripps Company before its actual establishment as a spin-off to E. W. Scripps Company in July 1, 2008 due to the split was performed to reduce the financial burden of Scripps' broadcast television and print assets on its profitable cable network properties. On July 31, 2017, Discovery Communications announced its intent to acquire SNI. After receiving approval from the United States Department of Justice and European Commission, the sale was completed on March 6, 2018 to create "Discovery, Inc."

1st Logo (2006-2008?)
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2nd Logo (2008?-2010?)
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3rd Logo (2010?-2018?)
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Background
Discovery, Inc. is an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. It was originally established in 1985 as a namesake and flagship brand called Discovery Channel (later known as Discovery Networks on-screen), first launched on June 17, 1985 before its actual establishment in 1994 as Discovery Communications. On September 17, 2008, Discovery Holdings divested its interest in Ascent Media, and reorganized its remaining businesses around a new publicly traded holding company, Discovery Communications, Inc. On July 31, 2017, Discovery announced it would acquire Scripps Networks Interactive, owner of networks such as Food Network and HGTV, for $14.6 billion, pending regulatory approval. On March 6, 2018, the acquisition was completed, with the company renamed as Discovery, Inc. afterwards. At this time, SNI shareholders own 20% of Discovery's stock. Discovery will retain an operational hub in SNI's home city of Knoxville, but planned to move its corporate headquarters from Silver Spring, Maryland, where it has operated since 2003, to New York City in late-2019. Following the acquisition, Discovery began to integrate personalities from the two companies into each other's programming, and began to produce new programs (such as a revival of TLC's While You Were Out in conjunction with HGTV, and a competition series between the stars of Food Network's Ace of Cakes and TLC's Cake Boss) to serve as vehicles for crossovers between personalities from Discovery and SNI's networks.

1st Logo (1996-2000)
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2nd Logo (2000-2009)
Logo: On a black background, white lines flicker across the screen, revealing parts of the word "Impact". A white flash comes through from left to right and creates a radial flash (with blue lines surrounding it) underneath "Impact". Then from the radial flash, it reveals to be a spinning globe on a blue line with "NETWORKS" in it and the background changes to an animated background in a blue gradient. The globe spins as the background slowly animates.

Variants:
 * A more common short version exists where it starts as usual, but the background animates faster.
 * On some shows, a copyright stamp appears below.
 * Sometimes, "in association with" appears on top of the logo.
 * Another version has "produced in association with" appear on top of the logo with "CHANNEL" replacing "NETWORKS".

FX/SFX: The flash, the moving background and the lines.

Music/Sounds: A swoosh with a 2-note choir. Other original shows had the closing theme over it.

Availability: It was very common on Discovery channels in the 2000s, but is rare now. It appeared on most original Discovery productions from the time such as Dirty Jobs and How It's Made. In Latin America, this was also known to plaster other logos from syndicated programs. This could be seen on on Discovery channels such as Discovery Kids and Discovery Home and Health. Since this design's retirement in 2009, however, original logos from syndicated productions are now present.

Editor's Note: An amazing logo with proper timing and appropriate sound effects.

3rd Logo (2009-2018)
Logo: On a black background, a small, spinning globe zooms in to the left of the screen. A letter "D" comes out of the globe while the letters "iscovery" appear to finish the word and the word "NETWORKS" appears below.

Variant: A short version exists on the end of some shows.

FX/SFX: The spinning globe and words.

Music/Sounds: A deep synth pad. The short variant has the theme being faster.

Availability: Common. Seen on most Discovery programs from the era and can be still seen after the 2018 redesign.

Editor's Note: Because of the simplistic animation, the logo looks like it was done by a beginner, but in summary, the animation is improving.

4th Logo (2018-April 8, 2022?)
Logo: On a white background, we see the 3D earth. Then the silver "D" from before rotates beside it and faces to its usual position. Beside the "D" are the silver words "iscovery" in the same font as before. The globe continues to rotate until it either fades out or cuts out.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: The show's ending theme.

Availability: Seen on later episodes of The Rachael Ray Show.

Editor's Note: Despite the namesake Discovery Channel having changed their logo in 2019, this logo is still used as Discovery Networks' logo.

Warner Bros. Discovery
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