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Time Warner believes that providing an array of diverse content representing a variety of points of view is both the right thing to do and essential to our success.

Culturally Diverse and Balanced Content

Time Warner provides millions of people with a broad range of products and services that reflect the diverse backgrounds, interests and cultures of our customers. The company’s networks provide multiethnic and foreign language programming from producers throughout the world. Hispanic and African-American audiences are served by such well-known brands as People en Español and Essence magazines, CNN en Español, CNN en Español RADIO, AOL Latino and Black Voices, and HBO Latino. Our broad, mainstream brands are also responsible for serving diverse audiences, whether that means casting Warner Bros. TV shows with an eye to diversity or ensuring that People covers individuals from all ethnic groups and many walks of life.

Diversity in Hollywood

Time Warner’s film divisions support film festivals that showcase diverse filmmakers, writers and creative talent. We are annual sponsors of the American Black Film Festival the National Association of Latin Independent Producers, the Black Filmmakers Foundation Summit, the Asian American International Film Festival, the New York and Los Angeles Latin International Film Festivals, Outfest LA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and the Urbanworld Film Festival. By sponsoring and participating in these events, we build relationships with talented filmmakers from diverse backgrounds and ensure that Time Warner is a partner of choice for up-and-coming talent. Our Corporate Responsibility office is partnering with HBO, New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. to strengthen our support of diversity in Hollywood.

Investing in Diverse Entrepreneurs

As part of its mission, the Time Warner Investments group seeks to back diverse entrepreneurs through a combination of investment capital and strategic partnerships with Time Warner’s business units. By investing in companies run by diverse management teams or those that target underserved markets and taking an active investor role, Time Warner strives to help build profitable, self-sustainable businesses while capturing strategic and economic value for Time Warner. An example of this investment activity is Time Warner’s investment in Sí TV, an English-language Latino-themed cable network.

Around the Globe: Local Language Content

As Time Warner continues to expand internationally, we are committed to respecting local cultures and encouraging the development of local content in local languages.

Warner Bros. International, for example, is involved in the co-production, marketing and/or distribution of local-language movies in approximately 20 countries. These are films made by local filmmakers for their native countries in their native languages. Warner Bros. provides filmmakers with technical advice, production funding, marketing and/or distribution deals in exchange for such benefits as shared ownership, video rights or global or regional distribution rights when feasible.