TCI, Turner considering buying TW's 18% of TBS. (Tele-Communications Inc., Turner Broadcasting System, Time Warner) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 1995 by Brown, Rich

Top cable MSO Tele-Communications Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System Chairman/President Ted Turner are said to be eyeing Time Warner's 18% equity stake in TBS. TCI and Turner reportedly are prepared to spend as much as $1.6 billion for the stake, which represents about 6.2% of the voting shares in the cable programing company.

An earlier agreement between TCI and Time Warner gives TCI first shot at buying the share, which Time Warner is unloading in an effort to pare its debt. Ted Turner, who has been eager to recapture greater control in the company he founded, balked at earlier efforts by Time Warner to swap its share for some of TBS's assets. Ted Turner currently owns a 26% equity stake and 62.7% of the voting shares in TBS. TBS already represents...

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