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Spelling Ted Without Ed

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Jane Fonda, Aol Time Warner, Time Warner, Martin Scorsese, Cnn, Woody Allen, Ted Turner, The Goodwill Games, Tnt, Willaim Faulkner, Arthur Miller, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

For such a surprising life, Ted's memoir is exceptionally unsurprising. In Call Me Ted, he is serially and simultaneously a rebel and an establishment figure.

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Let Clinton Be King

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Time Warner, Sec, Cnn, Aol, Larry King, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Bush, Fox News, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

I was asked, "What would you do if you were running CNN today?" "I'd fire Larry King and hire Bill Clinton," I answered.

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Media Stocks Mayday: News Corp, CBS, Viacom Hit Five Year Lows

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.20.2008 | Media

Read More: News Corp Stock, News Corp, Media Stocks, Big Media Stocks, Via, DIS, NWS, Disney Stock, Cbs, Viacom Stock, CBS Stock Price, Time Warner, Viacom, Time Warner Stock, Twx, CBS Stock, Disney, Media News

Wall Street's rough Wednesday, which saw the Dow Jones industrial average dip below 8,000 for the first time in five years, was particularly felt amon...

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CNN Spending Spree: Parties, Holograms, Gizmos, & Talent

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 12.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Jon Klein, Time Warner, Cnn, Jon Klein CNN, Media News

Along the way, CNN sponsored seven debates (by contrast, CBS, the Tiffany network, threw exactly none). In the run-up to the election, it piled up a r...

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Ted Turner Goes To Town On Time Warner

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Call Me Ted, Time Warner, Ted Turner, Media News

Interviewed this morning at the Time/Life Building by Time magazine's Josh Tyrangiel, the swashbuckling CNN founder took every opportunity to bash his...

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Time Warner Profits Beat Expectations

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner, Time Warner Earnings, Time Warner Profits, Twx, Jeff Bewkes, Media News

NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc. reported third-quarter profits Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations, even as its AOL online unit continued t...

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FCC Approves White Space Usage: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 5, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Alltel, Verizon, United States of America, President Barack Obama, Microsoft, Sprint, Clearwire, Scatter Market, Wimax, Mediabytes, Election, Intel, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Cnn, Time Warner, Media News, White Space, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Yesterday's election helped CNN.com earn a record traffic day. The political web site enjoyed 27 million uniques for 276 million page views yesterda...

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The New Media Message for Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Cnn, Time Warner, Richard Holbrooke, Christiane Amanpour, Candy Crowley, New Media, Election 2008, Momsrising, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Marcia G. Yerman

"The Time Warner Summit: Politics 2008," held at the Time Warner headquarters in New York City and co-sponsored with CNN, was a corporate branded even...

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Media Companies See Slowest Revenue Growth Since 2001

AdAge | Bradley Johnson | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Media Companies, Time Warner, Media Company Revenues, Media News

The nation's top 100 media companies saw a 4.6% revenue boost in 2007, their slowest growth since the recession year of 2001. Media's tempered growth...

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Campbell Brown Holds Paulson, Bush Accountable For Crisis: "Seriously, What Were You Thinking?"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Time Warner, Cnn, Campbell Brown, Media News

Campbell Brown continued her streak of keeping politicians' feet to the fire Wednesday night, laying into President Bush and Secretary Paulson over th...

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Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, "Intrigued" By NBC, Speculates At Length About Acquisition

Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 10.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner NBC, Nbc, Jeff Bewkes NBC, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Media News

Nearly nine months into his gestational period as chief executive of Time Warner, company loyalist Jeffrey Bewkes is hoping to deliver a media behemot...

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Time Warner Focuses On What It Does Well: Content

Financial Times | Kenneth Li | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner Content, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Media News

Time Warner is focusing on its core strength, the creation of entertainment and journalism for big global audiences. That means distancing itself fro...

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Entertainment Weekly Burned By Warner Bros. Delay Of Harry Potter Film

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Entertainment Weekly, Time Warner, Warner Brothers, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Entertainment Weekly, Media News

LOS ANGELES — Maybe Harry Potter should have brought a note from his parents saying he would be missing school. Warner Bros. gave Harry the sch...

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Time Warner Readies Itself To Sell Underachieving AOL Piecemeal

AP | JEREMY HERRON | Posted 09.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Aol, Time Warner, Selling AOL, AOL Sale, AOL Buyer, Jefff Bewkes, Time Warner Profits, Business News

NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell 26 percent on declining subscriber fees at its AOL online unit and lower ad revenue a...

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Batman Saves Gotham, Time Warner's Second-Quarter Finish

Crain's New York Business | Damian Ghigliotty | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Dark Knight, Batman Sales, Time Warner Profits, Time Warner, Batman, Spiderman, Batman Profits, Business News

The record $155.3 million take in the first weekend of Time Warner Inc.'s The Dark Knight will boost the New York media company's chances of meeting i...

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Yahoo, Microsoft Mull Buying AOL: Report

Silicon Alley Insider | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: AOL Sale, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, Yahoo, Time Warner, Aol, AOL Merger, Jerry Yang, Business News

Following our report that a Time Warner team is talking to Microsoft about an AOL deal, a source tells Reuters that TWX is talking to Jerry Yang and c...

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Charging By Amount Of Internet Use: Bandwidth Metering Looms (VIDEO)

Wallstrip | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, Badwitch Metering, File Sharing, Bandwidth Freedom, Business News

Wallstrip's Julie Alexandra talks about the impending struggle for bandwidth freedom as Internet providers consider charging users for heavy Web use. ...

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Yahoo And AOL, Microsoft And Time Warner Subjects Of Latest Merger/Buyout Gossip

Reuters | Eric Auchard and Kenneth Li | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo Merger, AOL for Sale, Microsoft, Time Warner, Yahoo, AOL Buyout, Yahoo Tanking, Yahoo Buyout, Aol, AOL Sale, Jerry Yang, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negot...

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Microsoft's New Yahoo Plans May Include Old Allies News Corp, Time Warner

Reuters | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, News Corp, Time Warner, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yahoo Google Deal, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Google, Business News

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal ...

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AOL For Sale?

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: AOL Sale, Time Warner, Aol, Ed Adler, Twx, Jeff Bewkes, Business News

At a meeting with about a dozen senior members of AOL's staff yesterday, Jeff Bewkes left at least one member of management with the impression that t...

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Time Warner Withdraws Bid For Weather Channel

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Weather Channel Bid, Time Warner, Weather Channel Buyer, Time Warner Weather Channel, Weather Channel Auction, Weather Channel, Business News

Time Warner (TWX) has withdrawn its bid for the Weather Channel, Reuters reports. NBC U (GE), Blackstone Group and Bain Capital have bid $3.5 billion ...

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AOL Whistle-Blower Becomes SEC Target

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Time Warner, Aol, Joseph A. Ripp, Securities and Exchange Comission, Joe Ripp, Business News

On May 14, 2001, Joseph A. Ripp, the newly appointed chief financial officer of America Online, faxed a letter to the Las Vegas offices of the account...

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"Bagels With Billary"

Charles Warner | Posted 06.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes, Media Consolidation, Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Cbs, Time Warner AOL, Mergers, Media News
Charles Warner

Think of it, Bagels With Billary, a morning show simulcast with Katie Couric as hostess and either Bill or Hillary or both talking with each other or to other celebrities. Who wouldn't go on their show?

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Time Warner Cable Under Fire From Bloggers For Metered Internet Plan

Dow Jones | Steven Russolillo | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Time Warner Cable Metered Internet, Time Warner Cable, Metered Internet, Time Warner, Business News

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Time Warner Cable Inc.'s (TWC) attempt at metering customers' Internet use ran into a buzz saw in the blogosphere on Tuesday. ...

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Time Warner And Time Warner Cable Agree To Legal Separation

AP | SETH SUTEL | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Jeff Bewkes, Business News

NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc. said Wednesday it would formally split off its cable TV business, giving the media conglomerate a $9.25 billion wind...

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