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This 5 page paper is valuable in understanding the company Time Warner n the post AOL merger years. The paper is a list and description of all of Time Warner’s International Operations and a list and description of all of Time Warner’s joint ventures and also recent acquisitions and divestments. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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File: TS14_TEaoltime.rtf
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of synergy. However, there are also many problems with larger mergers, levering the opportunities to realise the potential. However, the company has also been aware of the potential gains and
potential problems. For this reason acquisitions and divestments have been made extremely carefully over the last few years to entrench a dominant position and build the foundation for future
growth. To understand the company the structure and range of businesses needs to be examined. The operations of Time Warner can be divided into two main section, firstly media
and communication and secondly entertainment and networks. In the Communications and Media Group there are four companies, American Online, Time Warner Book Group, Time Inc and Time Warner Cable. The
entertainment and networks group consists of Home Box Office, New Line Cinema, &Turner Broadcasting System, Warner Bros Entertainment and Warner Music group. Although there have been no acquisitions as such
it is here that future acquisitions are projected, Richard D. Parsons, chairman and chief executive, has stated that a cable company would be top of his list for acquisition (Vise,
2004). Looking at the companies individually, American Online, also known as AOL claims to be the worlds leading online service provider, with access though its propriety software. Providing a services
globally the company had 24.3 million subscribers in the United States on the 31st of December 2003, and in Europe 6.4 million (Time Warner, 2004). This is one of the
core groups, and AOL has increased its stake in the European operation in 2003 with the purchase of Vivendi Universals interest in the business at a cost of US$812 million
(Goldsmith, 2003). The Time Warner Book Group also has many subsidiary groups, including Little, Brown and Company Adult Trade Books, Little, Brown and Company Childrens Publishing, Warner Books,
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