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    We're looking out a couple of quarters, to be honest with you.

    New technologies have always ended up giving content more advantages than disadvantages. I think they will again this time, but it's not clear to the market yet.

    We hope in the next several months that we'll be able to announce something positive there.

    We are not able to predict what the outcome will be or when it will come, ... have progressed significantly enough to give the company some visibility into the (potential) costs.

    While no one can stand here and say we're never going to make a mistake, we're not going to make a mistake out of aggressiveness,


    It is possible the SEC ... the two streams will cross, ... We haven't gotten to that bridge yet, let alone figured out how to cross it. We, like everyone else, have to think of alternative ways to get home if one road is blocked.

    We would like to have a close relationship, ... But that is up to Steve Jobs, his relationship with Disney and the industry.

    I'm satisfied with the company's overall performance, ... Except for America Online, our business is doing quite well.

    Otherwise, given the fiercely competitive landscape, Rupert Murdoch could capture the satellite distribution biz, and Brian Roberts the cable business, and I wouldn't be a happy guy, ... we have a seat at the other side of the table.

    The bottom line is we think we have a lot of ways to get home, ... We'll explore and exploit the ones that stand out to be the most beneficial to the company.

    We're trying to actually accelerate the transition of our narrowband customers who are inclined to leave for broadband anyway. Keeping them in our house and in our network and in our universe from an advertising perspective makes sense.

    There may be, but we're not there right now, ... We're not heading in that direction. We believe in AOL, we believe in its fit with our other assets, and we're trying to make it work as we laid out for investors a week ago.

    We have great respect for his long record achievement -- as a co-founder of AOL to a valuable member of our board.

    Time Warner had another strong quarter on an operating basis against some tough comparisons, ... I continue to be very enthusiastic about the performance of our businesses.

    While there are still challenges ahead, the steps we announced today will help to remove a cloud that has been hanging over the company for some time now,


    We like the business, ... This is a superior platform for delivery of voice and data going forward. It protects and defends our content business. It doesn't mean we're going to go out and do something imprudent.

    The Chinese are doing everything they can to manage the message. They are opening up in their own time and at their own speed.

    As we move through this year and into the next, we expect America Online to turn the corner on its advertising business and thereafter become a key driver of growth for the company,

    his focus, his ability to analyze the facts and get to the bottom line, and his ability to motivate an organization.

    allow us to price the product at less of a cost and maintain or even improve our margins.

    My daughter watches the news, ... I think kids today are pretty well-informed about what's going on in the world. Hopefully, they'll be a generation that's going to be more understanding, open and willing to cooperate to solve the problems we have.

    AOL is still the largest and most profitable online company in the world and we're confident it is going to regain its stride as we go on from here, ... Are we in Virginia Somehow I feel like we're not in New York.

    where a significant degree of accounting judgment was exercised.

    Combining the Warner-EMI roster and relationships with AOL's subscriber base and ease-of-use know-how, we will be able to lead the industry in the way this business develops,

    I do think that when clouds roll in, it takes a while for them to roll out of the sky even though a lot of good work has been done underneath, ... We're optimistic that, given time and the right type of exposure, the Street will begin to see real value there.

    We are the only media company with a major stake in the Internet


    We feel all the more confident in pursuing a more aggressive path to create value at AOL through both its subscription and advertising business initiatives.

    Ted is my man. I love Ted, ... He knows more, particularly about the television space, which is at least a good third of this company. Ted and I have always had a wonderful relationship, and I am going to be reaching out to him, too.

    We will continue to explore ways to structure a combination that will make sense for the two companies and be acceptable to the commission,

    I consider the accuracy of AOL Time Warner's financial reporting to be one of my most important responsibilities, and I am committed to giving investors accurate and transparent information about the company,

    The board is comfortable with the leadership of the company,

    Jeff is smart, there's no question in anybody's mind. Everyone knows this man is the future for our company.

    The big growth opportunity - big value accretion opportunity for us - is in AOL, ... We need to accelerate a path that we have been on.

    I am highly gratified that the board shares my determination to maximize AOL Time Warner's tremendous potential, ... As we address the challenges facing our company and the industries in which we operate, I will work together with the extraordinary people in this company to focus on increasing value for our customers and our shareholders.

    Ted's leadership role in the formation of global media in general and AOL Time Warner in particular is uniquely significant, ... His values of journalistic independence and public service are a permanent part of who we are and what we do.

    New Line is having such a blow out year in 2003 that it's impossible to repeat going forward,

    We're talking to different people about different things. Everyone brings something different to the party.

    Our agreement to work together on digital media initiatives marks an important step forward in better serving consumers and protecting the interests of all content businesses, ... We look forward to others in the media and entertainment industries joining together with us to help to advance the digital distribution of content to consumers while maintaining copyright protection.

    As I said to the investors today, 'Don't judge us by what we said, judge us by what we do,' ... It's going to take us a little while to do some things. But if quarter by quarter we show movement and progress against this plan, I think the investors will then sort of say, 'Well, you know, they've got something there.'


    If there is such thing as a perfect fit, Warner EMI Music is it,

    I don't think you can compromise, news either has integrity or it doesn't. It either is accurate, balanced and fair or it isn't.

    I am 100 percent committed to the strategic vision that drove Steve Case and Jerry Levin to fashion the merger of AOL Time Warner in the first instance.

    We're very comfortable where we are in debt reduction program, ... I have every confidence we've got more than one way to get there. We have a number of alternatives, we're exploring them all.

    We have devoted a significant amount of time and resources to our review and, based on the substantial work we have done to date, do not expect any further restatements from it,

    Our big growth value opportunity is in AOL, ... That's the No. 1 focus for us right now.


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