Less than two weeks after unveiling its ambitious Discovery+ direct-to-consumer play to investors, Discovery Inc said Monday that it has appointed BET founder Robert L.
Johnson to its board of directors. The move is effective January 1.The company said today that S. Decker Anstrom, who has served on the board since 2012 as a preferred stock director, will step down effective at year’s end.
Susan M. Swain, a current common stock director on the board, will assume Anstrom’s role as a preferred stock director.Johnson will serve as a Class I common stock director with Swain’s move.
His initial term as an independent director will expire at the company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, according to Discovery’s 8-K filing with the U.S.
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