Christopher P. Bogart Named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Time Warner Inc.; Andra Sanders and Edward Weiss Named Vice Presidents and Associate General Counsels of Time Warner Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999--

Christopher P. Bogart has been named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of Time Warner Inc., it was announced today by Time Warner Chairman and CEO Gerald M. Levin and Time Warner President Richard D. Parsons.

Bogart succeeds Peter R. Haje, who is retiring after nine years as Time Warner's executive vice president, general counsel and secretary and nearly 40 years as one of its principal lawyers, most of it while a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Bogart, who will report to Parsons, will assume his new duties on January 1, 2000.

In making the announcement, Levin and Parsons said: "Chris Bogart has made substantial contributions to Time Warner as a litigator and advisor on many high-profile matters. Most recently, Chris has been focused on improving the collaboration of the legal functions across all of our businesses and on working on legal issues relating to our digital strategy. He is a talented executive who will be an integral part of our corporate management team as it oversees our overall enterprise.

"Peter Haje will be missed. He has been a key member of our senior management team and a valued strategic advisor throughout the company's period of formation and growth. In his various roles at Time Warner, he has shown a deep commitment to the company and its people. We will be forever grateful to Peter for his dedicated service to Time Warner and for his many enduring contributions to the company."

Bogart, 34, has been vice president and deputy general counsel at Time Warner since joining the company in March 1998. Previously, he was one of Time Warner's principal outside litigation counsel at New York's Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he represented Time Warner in matters such as its merger with Turner Broadcasting and litigation involving its cable operations.

Born and educated in Canada, Bogart received his law degree from The University of Western Ontario. He clerked for the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Justices of the Court of Appeals for Ontario.

Time Warner Inc. also announced that Andra Sanders and Edward Weiss have each been appointed to the position of vice president and associate general counsel.

Sanders has been associate general counsel and assistant secretary of Time Warner Inc. since 1989, responsible for a broad range of legal matters, including employment law, employee benefits and environmental matters. Sanders has worked for Time Warner for 20 years, having joined Time Inc. in 1979 as assistant counsel. She was promoted to associate counsel in 1981 and to assistant general counsel in 1983. She was named associate general counsel of Time Inc. in 1984 and an assistant secretary of the company in 1988.

Since joining Time Warner's corporate law department in 1998 as associate general counsel, Weiss has led the corporate litigation group and has overseen litigation with company-wide implications. Previously, Weiss was the lead litigator at Time Warner Cable, where he had responsibility for several significant litigations, including First Amendment challenges to the 1992 Cable Act. Prior to joining Time Warner Cable, Weiss was a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he worked on litigation and antitrust matters for Time Warner and other clients.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX, www.timewarner.com), the world's leading media company, consists of five businesses: cable networks, publishing, music, filmed entertainment, and cable.

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