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THE WEEK, Page 23BUSINESSFire and Ice-T
Protesters demand that Time Warner pull its Body Count album
The 1,100 shareholders who crammed into Time Warner's annual
meeting, held this year in Beverly Hills' Regent Beverly
Wilshire, had more than financial statements on their minds.
Police representatives and other critics blasted the company for
releasing black rapper Ice-T's Body Count album and its Cop
Killer cut, which contains such lines as "Die Pig, Die!" During
the five-hour session, actor Charlton Heston denounced Time
Warner for, among other things, shipping the compact discs to
radio stations in miniature body bags. (A company spokesman said
the bags were in keeping with the theme of the album, which
includes cuts warning about the dangers of drug use and gang
warfare.)
Gerald Levin, Time Warner president and co-chief executive
officer, said the firm would not pull the album, which he
described as "depicting the despair and anger that hang in the
air of every American inner city, not advocating attacks on
police." He said Time Warner would sponsor a TV forum for
artists, law-enforcement officials and others to discuss such
topics as racism and free speech. Levin also said the company
was declaring a 4-for-1 stock split and increasing its dividend
12%.