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Time Warner


Headquarters location: 75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10019United States of AmericaTel. 212-484-8000 Job offers, investor relations: www.aoltimewarner.com Email: aoltimewarnerir@aol.com Stock: TWX


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« ETHICAL » RATING OF TIME_WARNER , group and subsidiaries
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16%
Job: 16% of company's jobs cut since 1998 [+]
20
Delinquency: 20 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency [+]
8
Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 8 offshore financial center(s) [+]
44
Sales: more than 44 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales [+]
9
Net profit: more than 9 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 [+]
4972
Top management: earns 4972 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) [+]
20
Influence: 20 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying [+]
6
Advertising & marketing: 6 dubious practice(s) [+]

Relevance: business & market share

year
business
source
2008Time Warner is the world's largest media company.
2006Time Warner is the world's biggest entertainment company.Bloomberg
2006Time Warner Inc. lead in studio market share in the US with sales of $1.92 billion in 2005, with a total Box-office revenue of $8.95 billion.Bloomberg
2006Time is the largest U.S. magazine company.Reuters
2004Time Warner is the world' largest media groupe. Time Warner has 14,4 million subscribers to the cable television (n° 2 in the United States) and 3,2 million subscribers with Internet high flow by cable.Les Echos

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
Hong-Kong Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AOL Asia Limited :
Ireland Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AOL Technologies Ireland Limited :
Israel  Mirabilis :
Luxembourg Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AOL Europe SA :
Luxembourg Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AOL Luxembourg Sarl :

Time Warner is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2003Parsons, Richard D
See the photo of: Parsons, Richard D Chief Executive Officer;
2002Akerson, Daniel F
See the photo of: Akerson, Daniel F Director;
2002Barksdale, James L
See the photo of: Barksdale, James L Director;
2002Bollenbach, Stephen F
See the photo of: Bollenbach, Stephen F Director;
2002Caufield, Frank J
See the photo of: Caufield, Frank J Director;
2002Gilburne, Miles R
See the photo of: Gilburne, Miles R Director;
2002Hills, Carla A
See the photo of: Hills, Carla A Director;
2002Mark, Reuben
See the photo of: Mark, Reuben Director;
2002Miles, Michael A
See the photo of: Miles, Michael A Director;
2002Novack, Kenneth J
See the photo of: Novack, Kenneth J Vice-president;
2002Raines, Franklin D
See the photo of: Raines, Franklin D Director;
2002Vincent, Francis T
See the photo of: Vincent, Francis T Director;
2001Turner, Ted
See the photo of: Turner, Ted Vice-president;
2000Case, Stephen
See the photo of: Case, Stephen Chairman;
2000Levin, Gerald
See the photo of: Levin, Gerald Chief Executive Officer;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2006Disinformation: Time Warner broadcasted a video news release (VNR), a fake TV news, on cable channel NY-1, without disclosure.: PR Watch
2006Mishandling of private data: Lost backup tapes with 600 000 accounts data.: Privacy Ri.
2001ad budget: 2099 million US$; Advertisin.
2000ad budget: 1917 million US$; Advertisin.

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2008
-450
Internal restructuring: Time Warner Inc will cut 450 jobs from New Line Cinema.: United States of America
Reuters
2007
-100
Internal restructuring: Time Warner Inc. expects to cut more jobs in its magazine publishing division in the first quarter 2008.:
AP
2007
Time Warner stops the publication of his magazine Business 2.0.:
Les Echos
2007
-289
Internal restructuring: Time cuts 2,75% of its staff, of whom 172 journalists i.e 5% of the group's writers. Time wants to concentrate on the Web sites and other new diffusion technologies. And to answer the migration of its readers and advertisers to the Internet.: United States of America
L'Expansio.
2006
-250
Internal restructuring: Time cuts some mid-level or junior-level staff but very few editorial positions.: United States of America
Reuters
2004
80000
2003
-50
C.Net
2002
-120
CBS Market.
2002
-130
CBS Market.
2001
89300
2001
-30
CBS Market.
2001
-20
CBS Market.
2001
-130
CNN
2001
-50
Washington.
2001
-1700
Washington.
2001
-30
Washington.
2001
-2400
Les Echos
2000
88500
1999
81800

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2005 : Presidential Inaugural Committee : amount: 250 thousand US$ : US President translateBloomberg
2000Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations translateCorporate .

Financials

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome buybacksource
2006   44.226.55   billion US$
2006     Cineuropa
2006 Time Warner agreed to pay $2.65 billion to settle charges it overstated revenue to gain approval for its merger with AOL. Time Warner's shareholders accused AOL of inflating its revenue by $1.7 billion between January 1999 and August 2002. Time Warner has paid more than $3.5 billion to resolve the accounting issues.     Reuters
2005   43.652.92   billion US$
2005   7.5billion US$Bloomberg
2005 Time Warner will pay $2.4 billion to shareholders who purchased or acquired shares of America Online or Time Warner between Jan. 27, 1999 and Aug. 27, 2002. The shareholders claim they were cheated in the merger by inflated revenue claims and improper accounting at AOL.     CNN
2005   5billion US$
2004   42.093.36   billion US$
2004 Devrait payer 300 millions de dollars de plus pour régler un contentieux avec la SEC relatif au rachat d'une participation de Bertelsmann dans AOL Europe     Boursorama
2004 AOL Time Warner aurait gonflé ses ventes publicitaires de 270 millions de dollars entre 2000 et 2002: Time Warner versera 210 millions de dollars pour régler le procès à l'amiable     Boursorama
2003 AOL May Have to Restate $400 Million in revenues related to advertising accounting in the AOL division     Internet N.
2003 Plainte de l'Université de Californie contre AOL pour délit d''initiés: "supercheries, des stratagèmes et de fausses transactions pour gonfler la valeur du titre".     AFP
2002 Manipulation des comptes d'Homestore: a surestimé ses revenus de 95 millions de dollars en faisant transiter une partie de sa trésorerie sur des comptes amis et en les réintégrant dans son bilan comptable comme des revenus.     Journal du.
2002 AOL said pretax cash flow for 2000 and 2001 was overstated by $97 million.     CBS Market.
2002   38.23-4.92   billion US$
2001   5billion US$Forbes
2001 Charge: Homestore bought goods and services it didn't need from vendors, with the unwritten provision they would buy advertising on AOL. AOL then forwarded most of the funds to Homestore through profit sharing and advertising deals.     CNN
2001 Charge: Homestore inflated its revenue by $192.6 million in 2000 and 2001.     CNN
2001 US Department of Justice investigation: "alleged use of copyright rules and licensing practices to control distribution."     Globe & Ma.
2000   7.71.15   billion US$

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