Jeff Bewkes, the head of Time Warner, is leading a charge to prevent that.
It also didn't hurt that he gets along well with Jeff Bewkes, the CEO of parent Time Warner Inc.
Jeff Bewkes, the head of Time Warner, has scolded CNN for its performance.
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The most pressing job now for Mr Parsons and Mr Bewkes is to position Time Warner to cope with the internet.
This is in contrast to the way Time Warner chairman Jeffrey Bewkes went out of his way to make it known that Griffin was terminated.
But as Bewkes continues with his public digs, the DVD-turned-streaming service is racking up more deals, signing a new one with Disney as recently as last week.
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In other words, by firing Griffin now rather than waiting a few weeks, Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes saved his company a pile of money, maybe millions.
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For starters, he points out that Starz CEO Chris Albrecht worked at HBO for 22 years, and in fact is close friends with Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes.
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"After a thorough review of options, we believe that a separation will better position both Time Warner and Time Inc, " Time Warner chief executive Jeff Bewkes said in a statement.
"When Jim Walton assumed the presidency of CNN in 2003, it was under performing and earnings were in serious decline, " Time Warner CEO and Chairman Jeff Bewkes said in a statement.
"Warner Bros. has produced in both high-definition formats in an effort to provide consumer choice, foster mainstream adoption and drive down hardware prices, " said Jeff Bewkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Time Warner Inc.
"Netflix is a good place to take syndicated rerun serialized shows, " said Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes at a recent conference, noting that Netflix's deals for hard-to-syndicate shows like Boardwalk Empire were "very useful" to his company.
"In his nearly 31 years of uninterrupted and distinguished service to CNN, Jim has been instrumental in growing the business into the financial powerhouse it has become, while establishing the brand as the worldwide leader for television news, " Bewkes said.
At Business Insider Ignition 2012, Henry Blodget, in an interview with Jeff Bewkes, asked the Time Warner CEO about a report in The New York Times that Zucker, the former chief of NBC Universal, is on the verge of replacing Jim Walton at the helm of the 24-hour news network.
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