Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDiscovery now has just under 95% ownership of OWN, the joint venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery.The company has increased its stake from its prior holding of 73%, a person familiar with the matter tells Variety, adding that the gradual increase has long been part of the plan.
In return, Winfrey has received more than $35 million in Discovery shares.Discovery last upped its ownership of OWN in late 2017, paying $70 million for another 24.5% stake from Winfrey’s Harpo, Inc.Harpo, which has over 1.34 million shares of Discovery, also registered in an 8-K filing on Tuesday the option to sell 670,477 shares of Discovery stock.
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