Who owns CNN?

[Killarney]

Ted Turner doesn't own it anymore, right? Who owns it?

I'm just curious as to why they are trying to be FoxNews so bad. Looking for a source of change. They used to be independent IMO years ago. I'm wondering when the change occured and who/what the catalyst was.

[gWbush is Mabus]

1. i bet the catalyst was rove

you fuck with rove, he will fuck you like you never been fucked before


i think aol/time warner owns it

[ixion]

2. CNN/AOL Time Warner

eom

[markdd]

3. Time Warner (was AOL/ Time Warner)

Ted sold out most if not all of his media empire (CNN, CNN Headline News, WTBS, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network?) in the mid to late '90s. He also sold his interests in the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks at the same time. Time Warner got most of it, before AOL bought them out.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. AOL is a big supporter of Junior and the NeoCons.

[cosmicdot]

5. Board of Directors and Beneficial Owners

a couple of names stick out ... Carla Hills, for one, who served in Poppy's administration, has her fingers in many pies, including American International Group, AIG, Maurice Greenberg's (Chair of Nixon Center) insurance company


the other is Liberty Media Corporation ... and, its link to News Corporation (Rupert Murdoch). One of the Beneficial Owners of Liberty is Janus which I'm sure has investments in Clear
Channel ... basically, a few people control way to much power in our world

the tentacles reach to even more corporations through common links


Liberty is a holding company owning interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses operating in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia. Our businesses are classified in three groups; Interactive, Networks and International and include some of the world's most recognized and respected brands, including QVC, Encore, STARZ!, Discovery, UnitedGlobalCom, Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, and News Corporation.

http://www.libertymedia.com/liberty_glance/default.htm
Liberty's Board is listed below Times Warner. One has connections to James Baker & Botts law firm.

Board of Times Warner

James L. Barksdale

President and Chairman of the Board,
Barksdale Management Corporation

President and Chairman of the Board, Barksdale Management Corporation, a philanthropic investment company – April 1999 to present.

General Partner, Barksdale Group, LLC, a venture capital firm that Mr. Barksdale co-founded –April 1999 to present.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Netscape Communications Corporation, a provider of software, services and website resources using the Internet – January 1995 to March 1999 (when it was acquired by America Online).

Predecessor Directorship: Director of America Online – March 1999 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: FedEx Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Special Advisor to General Atlantic Partners, a private equity firm.


Stephen F. Bollenbach

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Elect,
Hilton Hotels Corporation

President and Chief Executive Officer, Hilton Hotels Corporation – May 1996 to present; will become Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in May 2004.

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company, an entertainment company – April 1995 to February 1996.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1997 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (Chairman), Catellus Development Corporation and Hilton Hotels Corporation.


Stephen M. Case

Co-Founder,
America Online

Chairman of the Board of the Company – Merger Date to May 2003.

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, America Online – 1995 to the Merger Date.

Chief Executive Officer, America Online – April 1993 to 1995.

Other executive positions at America Online – 1985 to 1993.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of America Online – September 1992 to the Merger Date.


Frank J. Caufield

Co-Founder,
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital partnership – 1978 to 2000.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of America Online – 1991 to the Merger Date.


Robert C. Clark

Distinguished Service Professor,
Harvard University

Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard University – July 2003 to present.

Dean and Royall Professor of Law, Harvard Law School – July 1989 to July 2003.

Other Current Directorships: Collins & Aikman Corporation and Omnicom Group, Inc.; Trustee of Teachers Insurance Annuity Association.


Miles R. Gilburne

Managing Member,
ZG Ventures, L.L.C.

Managing member, ZG Ventures, a venture capital and investment company – 2000 to present.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, America Online – February 1995 to December 1999.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of America Online – October 1999 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: Pharmacyclics, Inc. and SRA International, Inc.


Carla A. Hills

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

Hills & Company and Former United States Trade Representative

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hills & Company, an international trade and investment consulting firm – January 1993 to present.

United States Trade Representative – February 1989 to January 1993.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1993 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: American International Group, Inc., ChevronTexaco Corporation and Lucent Technologies Inc.


Reuben Mark

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Colgate-Palmolive Company

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company – May 1986 to present.

Chief Executive Officer, Colgate-Palmolive Company – May 1984 to May 1986.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1993 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: Pearson plc.


Michael A. Miles

Former Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer,

Philip Morris Companies Inc.

Special Limited Partner, Forstmann Little & Company – February 1995 to present.

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Philip Morris Companies Inc. (now named Altria Group, Inc.), a consumer products company – September 1991 to July 1994.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1995 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: AMR Corporation, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Dell Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. and Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Terminating Directorships: The Allstate Corporation, Community Health Systems, Inc. and Exult, Inc. (will not stand for re-election at their stockholder meetings in May 2004).


Kenneth J. Novack

Former Vice Chairman of the Company

Vice Chairman of the Company – Merger Date through December 2003.

Vice Chairman, America Online – May 1998 to the Merger Date.

Of Counsel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, a Boston-based law firm – August 1998 through March 2001.

Attorney, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
and Popeo, PC – 1966 to 1998, served on its
executive committee from 1970 to August 1998
retirement.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of America Online – January 2000 to the Merger Date.


Richard D. Parsons

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company – May 2003 to present.

Chief Executive Officer of the Company – May 2002 to May 2003.

Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company – Merger Date to May 2002.

President, Historic TW – February 1995 to the Merger Date.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB – January 1991 to February 1995.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1991 to the Merger Date.

Other Current Directorships: Citigroup Inc. and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.


R. E. Turner

Founder,
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Vice Chairman of the Company – Merger Date to May 2003.

Vice Chairman, Historic TW – consummation of Historic TW’s merger with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (“TBS”) in October 1996 to the Merger Date.

Chairman of the Board and President, TBS – 1970 to 1996.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – October 1996 to the Merger Date.


Francis T. Vincent, Jr.

Chairman,
Vincent Enterprises

Private investor at Vincent Enterprises – January 1995 to present.

Commissioner of Major League Baseball – September 1989 to September 1992.

Predecessor Directorship: Director of Historic TW – 1993 to the Merger Date.


Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners


Set forth below is the name, address, stock ownership and voting power of each person or group of persons known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s Common Stock, Series A Mandatorily Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.10 per share (“Preferred Stock”), or Series LMCN-V Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Series LMCN-V Stock”), and, unless otherwise indicated, is based on information provided to the Company as of January 31, 2004 by the beneficial owner.




Name and Address of Beneficial Owner/ % of voting power

Commom Stock
Capital Research and Management Company(1)
349,154,080 8.0 % 7.7 %
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

FMR Corp.(2)
219,192,417 5.0 4.9
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109

Series LMCN-V Stock

Liberty Media Corporation(3)
171,185,826 100.0
12300 Liberty Boulevard
Englewood, CO 80112


Preferred Stock

TWE Holdings II Trust(4)
1 100.0 3.0
801 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801


(1) Beneficial ownership is as of December 31, 2003. Capital Research and Management Company, an investment adviser, has filed with the SEC Amendment No. 5 dated February 10, 2004 to its statement on Schedule 13G to the effect that (a) it (directly or indirectly) has sole dispositive power over all these shares, (b) it has voting power over none of these shares and (c) all of the reported shares are held for the benefit of its clients.


(2) Beneficial ownership is as of December 31, 2003. FMR Corp., a holding company, has filed with the SEC Amendment No. 1 dated February 16, 2004 to its statement on Schedule 13G to the effect that (a) it (directly or indirectly) has sole dispositive power over all these shares, (b) it has sole voting power over 18,452,714 of these shares and no shared voting power, (c) these shares are held principally by Fidelity Management & Research Company, a wholly owned investment adviser, (d) these shares are, for the most part, held by investment companies and institutional accounts managed by subsidiaries of FMR Corp. and (e) the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, including Mr. Johnson, the Chairman of FMR Corp., and his daughter Abigail Johnson, a director, and trusts for the family members’ benefit may be deemed to form a controlling group with respect to FMR Corp.

(3) Consists of shares beneficially owned by Liberty Media Corporation through its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Under certain circumstances, each share of Series LMCN-V Stock is convertible into one share of Common Stock; such circumstances are not currently present. Each share of Series LMCN-V Stock currently has 1/100 of a vote with respect to the election of directors and class voting rights on limited other matters.


(4) The Preferred Stock is held by TWE Holdings II Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, for the benefit of an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (“Comcast”); consequently, Comcast may be deemed the beneficial owner. Edith E. Holiday, as operating trustee of the Trust, has voting and dispositive control over the share of Preferred Stock, except that under certain circumstances, Comcast may direct the disposition of the share. Thus, the Trust and Comcast may be deemed to share dispositive power under Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act over the share of Preferred Stock held by the Trust. The Preferred Stock has 134,245,006 votes, votes as a class with the Common Stock and is convertible into shares of Common Stock having a value equal to $1.5 billion based on the value of Common Stock at the time of conversion, up to a maximum of 225,056,264 shares.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1105705/000119312504055501/ddef14a.htm#toc77002_26

Liberty Media Board

Gary S.Howard:

Born February 22,1951.A director of our company since July 1998;
Executive Vice President and Chief OperatingOfficerr of our company since July 1998; Chief Executive Officer of Liberty
Satellite & Technology,Inc.from December 1996 to April 2000; Executive Vice President of Tele-Communications,Inc.(TCI)from December 1997 to March 1999; Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the
Board and a director of TV Guide,Inc. from June 1997 to March 1999; President and Chief Executive Officer of TCI Ventures Group,LLC from December 1997 to March 1999; a director of Ascent Media Group,Inc.,
Liberty Satellite & Technology,United GlobalCom,Inc.,On Command Corporation and SpectraSite,Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Liberty Satellite and On Command.

Donne F. Fisher:

Born May 24,1938.A director of our company since October 2001; President of Fisher Capital Partners,Ltd.,a venture capital partnership,since December 1991; a director of General
Communication,Inc. and Sorrento Networks Corporation.

John C.Malone:

Born March 7,1941. Chairman of the Board and a director of our company since 1990; Chairman of the Board and a director of Liberty Satellite from December 1996 to August 2000; Chairman of the Board of TCI from November 1996 to March 1999; Chief Executive Officer of TCI from 1999; President of TCI from January 1994 to March 1997;a director of The Bank of New York,USA Interactive and UnitedGlobalCom.

Robert R.Bennett:

Born April 19,1958.A director of our company since September 1994; President and Chief Executive Officer of our company since April 1997; Executive Vice President of TCI from April 1997 to March 1999; various executive positions since our company's inception in 1990;a director of Ascent Media, Liberty Satellite, USA Interactive, UnitedGlobalCom and OpenTV Corp.

Paul A.Gould:

Born September 27,1945.A director of our company since March 1999; Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Allen & Company Incorporated, an investment banking services company, for more than the last five years; a director of On Command and Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation.

Jerome H. Kern:

Born June 1,1937. A director of our company since March 1999; consultant with Kern Consulting LLC since July 2001; Chairman of the Board of On Command from April 2000 through May 2001; Chief Executive Officer of On Command from April 2000 through April 2001; Vice Chairman and a consultant of TCI from June 1998 to March 1999; Special Counsel with the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. from July 1996 to June 1998;a director of Playboy Enterprises,Inc.

David E.Rapley:

Born June 22,1941.A director of our company since July 2002;Executive Vice President Engineering of VECO Corp. of Alaska from January 1998 to December 2001.

Larry E.Romrell:

Born December 30,1939.A director of our company since March 1999; Executive Vice President of TCI from January 1994 to March 1999; Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of TCI Business Alliance and Technology Co.from December 1997 to March 1999; Senior Vice President of TCI Ventures Group,LLC from December 1997 to March 1999; a director of Ascent Media and Arris Group,Inc.

Liberty Beneficial Owners

Gary Magnesses A 39,109 1.6%
c/o Baker & Hostetler LLP Series B 94,410 44.5%
Suite 1100
303 East 17th Avenue
Denver,CO 80203

Estate of Bob Magness 27,186 1.1%
c/o Baker & Hostetler LLP Series B 70,850 33.4%
Suite 1100
303 East 17th Avenue
Denver,CO 80203

Kim Magness 36,242 1.5%
c/o Baker & Hostetler LLP Series B 88,702 41.8%
Suite 1100
303 East 17th Avenue
Denver,CO 80203

Magness Securities,LLC 7,434 *
c/o Baker & Hostetler LLP Series B 16,224 7.7%
Suite 1100
303 East 17th Avenue
Denver,CO 80203

Janus Capital Management LLC 144,001 6.0%
100 Fillmore Street Series B Ì Ì
Denver,CO 80206

Janus Capital Management LLC reports an indirect 100% ownership stake in Bay Isle Financial LLC and an indirect 50.1% ownership stake in Enhanced Investment Technologies LLC (INTECH). Janus
Capital, Bay Isle and INTECH are registered investment advisers, each furnishing investment advice to various investment companies registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and to individual and institutional clients (the Managed Portfolios).
As a result of its role as investment adviser or sub-adviser to the Managed Portfolios, Janus Capital reports that it may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of 143,999,614 shares of our Series A
common stock held by such Managed Portfolios. However, Janus Capital does not have the right to receive any dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of,the securities held in the Managed Portfolios and disclaims any ownership associated with such rights.

As a result of its role as an investment adviser or sub-adviser to the Managed Portfolios, INTECH reports that it may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of 1,500 shares of our Series A common stock
held by such Managed Portfolios. However,INTECH does not have the right to receive any dividends from,or the proceeds from the sale of,the securities held in the Managed Portfolios and disclaims any
ownership associated with such rights.

http://www.libertymedia.com/investor_relations/default.htm

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