Eileen O’Neill Leaving Discovery Communications

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Eileen O’Neill, who had run Discovery Channel and TLC is leaving Discovery Communications after 25 years.

Last year, O’Neill was given a new assignment running Discovery’s studio operations. But at the end of last year, she took a long leave and decided not to return to the new post, the company confirmed.

In a memo to staff this morning, O’Neill said “I will miss you guys. Through incredible successes, and not a few nail-biting challenges, we always delivered as a team.”

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.