Time Warner Inc. (
TWI, at one former interval named
AOL Time Warner, stylized as
TimeWarner since 2003) is an American
multinational media corporation headquartered in the
Time Warner Center in New York City. It is currently the world's third largest television networks and filmed TV & entertainment company in terms of revenue (after
Comcast and
The Walt Disney Company), and at one time was the world's largest media
conglomerate. Time Warner was formed in 1990 through the merger of
Time Inc. and
Warner Communications. The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications, as well as
HBO (a Time Inc. subsidiary prior to the Warner merger) and the assets of
Turner Broadcasting (acquired in 1996). Time Warner currently has major operations in
film and
television, with a limited amount of
publishing operations. Among its assets are
New Line Cinema,
HBO,
Turner Broadcasting System,
The CW Television Network,
Warner Bros.,
Cartoon Network,
Boomerang,
Adult Swim,
CNN,
DC Comics,
Warner Bros. Animation,
Cartoon Network Studios,
Hanna-Barbera,
Esporte Interativo,
Castle Rock Entertainment and
NetherRealm Studios.