EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the  references  to our firm under the caption  'Experts'  in
Amendment No. 1 to  Registration  Statement No. 333-4339 on Form S-4 and related
Prospectus  of  Time Warner Inc.  ('Time  Warner')  and to the incorporation  by
reference  therein of  (i)  our reports dated  February 6, 1996, with respect to
the  consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedules of Time Warner and Time
Warner  Entertainment  Company,  L.P.,  and our report dated March 3, 1995  with
respect  to the  combined  financial  statements  of  the  Time  Warner  Service
Partnerships, incorporated by reference from Time Warner's Annual Report on Form
10-K  for  the  year ended  December 31, 1995,  as amended by Time Warner's Form
10-KA, dated June 27, 1996 and (ii) our report dated March 8, 1996, with respect
to  the  consolidated   financial   statements  and   schedule   of  Cablevision
Industries  Corporation  and Subsidiaries,  and our reports dated July 28, 1995,
with  respect  to  the  financial  statements  of  Newhouse  Broadcasting  Cable
Division of Newhouse Broadcasting  Corporation and Subsidiaries and Vision Cable
Division  of  Vision  Cable  Communications,  Inc.  and  Subsidiaries, from Time
Warner's  Current  Report  on  Form 8-K  dated  August 14, 1996,  filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
                               ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
New York, New York
August 20, 1996