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March 22, 2004

Time Warner Says Not in AOL Talks with Microsoft

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - news) on Friday denied a report that it has held talks in recent months with software maker Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) about selling its America Online Internet unit.

"We do talk to them (Microsoft) about digital rights management ... but the other stuff is just not true," said Time Warner spokeswoman Tricia Primrose, referring to a New York Post report about talks on a possible merger between Microsoft and AOL.

Microsoft spokesman Kent Hollenbeck said the company does not comment on rumors and speculation.

The newspaper, citing unidentified sources familiar with the matter, said lawyers at the media company have begun studying potential antitrust issues stemming from a possible Microsoft acquisition of AOL, and so far they have found few roadblocks.

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