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David Leavy has been promoted to chief corporate operations and communications officer for Discovery Communications.The 16-year Discovery vet will take on oversight of global technology and operations, which includes the broadcast functions serving more than 220 countries worldwide, IT and security matters. Leavy most recently had been chief communications officer and senior exec VP of corporate marketing and business operations. He reports to CEO David Zaslav.“I am very proud of David and his commitment and contributions at Discovery over a...
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David
Leavy
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Leavy’s day-to-day responsibilities include oversight of everything from corporate communications to casting, and for that he was awarded a three-year contract extension in September, reaffirming his status as one of CEO David Zaslav’s key lieutenants at the recently merged Warner Bros. Discovery. He has plenty of history with Zaslav, having served at Discovery for 22 years. A former deputy press secretary for foreign affairs in the Clinton administration, Leavy has led the company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as its ongoing fight to counter a proposed Polish law that would ban companies that are based outside the European Union from owning a Polish broadcaster, which could force it to sell its Warsaw-based network TVN.
