Discovery Communications
NY · 16 filings, 2025
What the money shows
Discovery Communications reported $2.2M in federal lobbying for 2025 across 16 filings. The filings name 4 lobbying firms, led by TIBER CREEK and BG Advocacy. The filing text lists 11 issue areas.
Sources: Senate LDA · FEC
Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media and factual television conglomerate based in New York City that was in operation from 1982 to April 8, 2022. It operated factual and lifestyle television brands like the namesake Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and TLC. In 2018, the company acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, adding networks such as Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel to its portfolio. Since the purchase, Discovery described itself as serving members of "passionate" audiences, and also placed a focus on streaming services built around its properties. via Wikipedia ↗
1Lobbies on
Its filings list: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV · Arts/Entertainment · Advertising · Computer Industry · Copyright/Patent/Trademark · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · Trade (domestic/foreign) · Telecommunications · Immigration · Media (information/publishing)
2Through these firms · 4
3Bills moving in its lanes
No bill names this company outright; these are recent bills in the sectors it lobbies.
- S 5236A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure Medicaid coverage of mental health services…
- S 5227A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain distributions from long-term qualified t…
- S 5224A bill to improve training for airport drivers in the movement area at commercial service airports through…
- S 5226A bill to require social media platform providers to obtain parental consent with respect to children creat…
- S 5231A bill to remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Department of Veterans Affairs on bene…