Discovery: The saga continues

This month's installment of the 'Discovery: For sale or not?' saga sees Viacom as the latest DCI suitor. At the Salomon Smith Barney media investor conference in January, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone said he reached out to Liberty Media chairman John Malone to propose a deal to acquire Discovery Communications. However, Malone, whose Liberty Media owns a 49% stake in Discovery, said he's not ready to sell. Industry insiders say the company is worth over $20 billion. Viacom, which owns MTV, CBS and BET, is only the latest to vie for a piece of the Discovery pie.