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- BUSINESS, Page 57Business NotesMERGERSMaking Way For a Deal
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- A potential obstacle to the largest media merger ever, the
- planned combination of Time Inc. and Warner Communications, was
- cleared away last week when Warner settled a four-year dispute
- with its largest shareholder, Chris-Craft Industries. Since the
- company holds some 15% of Warner shares, Chris-Craft could have
- complicated the nearly $20 billion Time-Warner merger.
- Chris-Craft might have done so by delaying the completion of the
- merger, as it did last year in Warner's acquisition of Lorimar
- Telepictures. Both Chris-Craft and Warner made concessions in
- reaching an agreement to no longer disagree. As part of the
- deal, Chris-Craft chairman Herbert Siegel will resign as a
- Warner director. Time Inc., the parent company of TIME's
- publisher, and Warner have scheduled meetings for June 23, when
- shareholders of each company will vote on the merger.
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