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Case: AOL Time Warner Merger Made Sense but Failed on Execution
“I always believe, still believe, the idea of the merger made sense. I think it really was the execution, particularly around people and culture, where things got rocky, and I was very frustrated that the company wasn't able to achieve the kind of vision that I…”
Case: Merged AOL Time Warner Reached $40B Revenue and $10B Profit
“We went from our company when we did the merge, I think it was five billion of revenue, about one billion of profit. The combined company had forty billion of revenue, ten billion of profit.”
Reality Central failed because major cable networks refused to grant distribution
“It was more about trying to get the distribution, which ultimately was the Achilles heel and why it didn't work. And because we had to go to like Comcast and Time Warner and Charter and these big organizations that are cable networks that host all the channels…”