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Time Warner

Headquarters : 75 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10019 United States of America

Job offers, investor relations : web www.aoltimewarner.com tel. 212-484-8000 email: aoltimewarnerir@aol.com stock : TWX analytics

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« Ethical » rating of Time Warner , group and subsidiaries

Jobs -7% /1998 Fraud 15 Offshore 6 Sales 44 Bn $.€ /year Profit 9 Bn $.€ /1998 Wage 829 *min. Influence 14 Infocom 3

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shareholder

country

source

Al-Waleed, Prince

Les Echos

AXA

3,4

Barclays Plc

4,6

Capital Research & Management Inc.

7,5

Citigroup Inc.

3,4

Dodge & Cox

2,3

FMR Corp. (Fidelity Investments)

2,8

2,1

3,2

3,4

2,2

Wellington Management Co.

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year

business

source

2008

Time Warner is the world's largest media company.

2006

Time Warner is the world's biggest entertainment company.

Bloomberg

2006

Time 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

2006

Time is the largest U.S. magazine company.

Reuters

2004

Time 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

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subsidiary

country

source

Adelphia Communications Corp

Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc.

NBC

Historic TW Inc

100

IPC Media Ltd

100

NBC

Netscape Communications

100

Viva Media AG

30,6

Les Echos

WF Cinema Holdings

NBC

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country

address & contact : production type

incentive source

Hong-Kong

AOL Asia Limited :

Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)

Ireland

AOL Technologies Ireland Limited :

Israel

Mirabilis :

University of California

Luxembourg

AOL Europe SA :

Luxembourg

AOL Luxembourg Sarl :

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Executives (15)

Labor conditions (19)

Environmental impact

Human impact

year

name

photo position; compensation

source

2003Parsons, Richard D

Chief Executive Officer;

2002Akerson, Daniel F

Director;

2002Barksdale, James L

Director;

2002Bollenbach, Stephen F

Director;

2002Caufield, Frank J

Director;

2002Gilburne, Miles R

Director;

2002Hills, Carla A

Director;

2002Mark, Reuben

Director;

2002Miles, Michael A

Director;

2002Novack, Kenneth J

Vice-president;

2002Raines, Franklin D

Director;

2002Vincent, Francis T

Director;

2001Turner, Ted

Vice-president;

2000Case, Stephen

Chairman;

2000Levin, Gerald

Chief Executive Officer;

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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.:

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'Expansion

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 Marketwatch

2002

-130

CBS Marketwatch

2001

89300

2001

-30

CBS Marketwatch

2001

-20

CBS Marketwatch

2001

-130

CNN

2001

-50

Washington Post

2001

-1700

Washington Post

2001

-30

Washington Post

2001

-2400

Les Echos

2000

88500

1999

81800

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» Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007

year

employees

social impact : country

source

19 informations, access to subscribers

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Financials (21)

Lobbying & corruption (2)

Subsidy

Advertising & marketing (4)

year

financial misdemeanor

sales

income

buyback

source

2009

2,47

billion US$

Les Echos

2006

44,22

6,55

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

43,65

2,92

billion US$

2005

7,5

billion 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

billion US$

2004

42,09

3,36

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 News

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 Net

2002

AOL said pretax cash flow for 2000 and 2001 was overstated by $97 million.

CBS Marketwatch

2002

38,23

-4,92

billion US$

2001

billion 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

US Department of Justice investigation: "alleged use of copyright rules and licensing practices to control distribution."

Globe & Mail

2001

Charge: Homestore inflated its revenue by $192.6 million in 2000 and 2001.

CNN

2000

7,7

1,15

billion US$

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» Financial delinquency in 2007

year

financial misdemeanor

sales

income

assets

buyback

source

21 informations, access to subscribers

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year

purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution

source

2005

: Presidential Inaugural Committee : amount: 250 thousand US$ : US President

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Bloomberg

2000

Prevent binding environmental regulations (environmental protection through economic growth, self-regulation and free trade) : WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) : : United Nations

translate

Corporate Europe Observatory

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» Influence in 2007

year

purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution

source

2 informations, access to subscribers

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» Influence in 2007

year

dubious practice : image

source

2006