Captain Outrageous speaks

Turner Jabs AOL Time Warner

Mr. Turner said that he and Fay Vincent, former commissioner of baseball and former head of Columbia Pictures, were the only two directors with experience in media and entertainment — AOL Time Warner’s principal focus. He noted that the company’s chief executive, Richard D. Parsons, spent most of his career in law, politics, and banking, joining Time Warner’s board less than a decade ago.

“I think it is good to know something about what they are doing,” Mr. Turner said.

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