Internal and Employee Communications, Employee Relations, and Employee Publications

In the year 2000, among all the mergers and consolidations ofbig business, one stands out: the joining of Internet giant AOLand Time Warner, a power in publishing and entertainment and owner of the CNN network. An article in the December 4, 2000, New York Times was headed, “A ‘Tank’ Rolls Through CNN Before Merger.” The tank referred towas Steven J. Heyer, president of Turner Broadcasting System, CNN’s parent company.