
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 4, 1994                   TAG: 9406080104
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ATLANTA                                LENGTH: Short

COX, TIMES MIRROR TALK CABLE TV DEAL

Cox Enterprises Inc., parent of Cox Cable Roanoke, and Times Mirror Co., a diversified media company and owner of the Los Angeles Times, are discussing a $2.3 billion deal potentially creating the nation's third-largest cable television system.

Times Mirror confirmed Friday it has a tentative agreement with Cox, the privately held owner of 17 daily newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Both companies, though known mainly for their newspapers, have sizable cable TV operating businesses.

A combination of the Cox and Times Mirror cable businesses would have about 3 million customers and rank in size behind only Tele-Communications Inc. and Time Warner Inc.

-Associated Press

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