By
James
Hirsen
As
news spread through Hollywood that Rupert Murdoch via 21st Century Fox had
offered $80 billion to acquire Time Warner, an already anxious entertainment
community started getting even more nervous.
The
board of directors of Time Warner actually turned Murdoch’s offer down. Then in
an apparent attempt to block additional bids, there was an almost immediate
modification of the company’s bylaws. Fear that a conservative-leaning mogul
such as Murdoch could gain power over Warner Bros., HBO, CNN, and the other
Turner networks was palpable. Jane Fonda, who has a connection to CNN having
been married to its former owner, Ted Turner, expressed a mixture of anger,
dismay, and trepidation over the Murdoch acquisition possibility. “I think it
would be a catastrophe,” Fonda told The Wrap. “If that happens I’m going to be
so angry at the FCC. They cannot let that happen,” she said. [more...]
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