Gerald Levin, Who Guided Time Inc.’s Rise and Fall, Dies at 84
- As Time Warner’s CEO, he ran world’s largest media company
- His decision to combine with AOL in 2000 proved disastrous
Gerald Levin in 2003.
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Gerald Levin, who helped lead Time Warner Inc.’s rise into a late 20th century media powerhouse, as well as its disastrous first step into the internet age, has died. He was 84.
Levin, who lived in Long Beach, California, passed away in a hospital on Wednesday, the New York Times reported, citing his grandchild Jake Maia Arlow. Levin had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the newspaper said.