Mediagazer: One reason Time Warner execs are happy to sell: $80-million golden parachutes (Tim Fernholz/Quartz)

11:05 AM ET, July 29, 2014

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Tim Fernholz / Quartz:

One reason Time Warner execs are happy to sell: $80-million golden parachutes — The biggest corporate offshoots of Time Magazine's long march through history have at least two things in common: Time Warner and Time Warner Cable are at the center of the most anticipated mergers of the year …

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