Jeffrey Bewkes

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name = Jeffrey Bewkes
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1952|5|25|mf=y
birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
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occupation = Businessman
salary = $19.57 million FY 2007
website = [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/management/corp_executives/bio/bewkes_jeffrey.html TimeWarner Bio]

Jeffrey Lawrence Bewkes (born 25 May 1952 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American media executive. He has served as CEO of Time Warner since January 1 2008 and as President since December 2005.

Bewkes oversees Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting (CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network), Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema, Time Warner Cable and AOL.

Bewkes served as chairman of Time Warner’s entertainment and networks group (2002-2005); CEO of HBO (1995-2002); President and COO of HBO (1991-1995); and CFO of HBO (1986-1991). From December 2005 to December 2007, he served as the top subordinate to Time Warner Chairman & CEO Dick Parsons. Bewkes was selected as Parsons' successor as CEO, although Parsons remained Chairman of the Board.

In January 2006, Bewkes and CBS Corporation head Les Moonves helped broker the deal that joined the CBS-owned UPN with The WB to form the CW Network.

Education

Bewkes is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Stanford, and sits on their respective advisory boards.

External links

* [http://www.timewarner.com/corp/management/corp_executives/bio/bewkes_jeffrey.html Time Warner executive bio]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/business/media/06warner.html At Time Warner, Successor to Parsons Emerges (NYTimes.com)]
* [http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/17/news/companies/twx_bewkes.fortune/ For Time Warner, a time to break up? (Fortune magazine)]