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- BUSINESS, Page 57Business NotesMERGERSMaing 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.