Marjorie Kaplan, President and General Manager
Animal Planet & Discovery Kids Media
Marjorie Kaplan sets the strategic direction and
oversees day-to-day operations for Discovery’s integrated media group of Animal
Planet and Discovery Kids. In 2007 Kaplan took the helm at Animal Planet Media
Enterprises, a multi-media venture that includes the Animal Planet television
network, animalplanet.com, the leading pet adoption site Petfinder.com, and
PetsIncredible.com, which produces pet training videos.
Kaplan also oversees all Discovery Kids Channel
programming, the three-hour commercial-free READY SET LEARN! pre-school
block that airs on both TLC and Discovery Kids Channel, the discoverykids.com
website, and children’s products and services. In 2006, Kaplan led Discovery
Kids Channel to 14 daytime Emmy nominations.
Kaplan joined Discovery Communications in 1997 as
senior vice president for children’s programming and products, and oversaw the
launch of Discovery Kids Channel that same year.