Original sentence: On June 17, 1985, Hendricks launched the Discovery Channel with $5 million in start-up capital from the BBC, the American investment firm Allen and Company, Venture America and several other investors
Edited sentence: On June 17, 1985, Hendricks launched the Discovery Channel with $5 million in start-up capital led by the American investment firm Allen and Company.Today, Discovery's main shareholders include John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, and Advance/Newhouse (publishers of Vanity Fair, New Yorker, and Vogue)