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Europe: Time Warner Buys Stake in Central European Media Enterprises

Mar. 24, 2009
Time Warner Said It Would Pay $241.5. Million For a 31 Percent Stake In Central European Media Enterprises, the Broadcast Company Founded By the Cosmetics Heir Ronald S. Lauder.
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