EXHIBIT 23(a)
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
     We  hereby consent  to the incorporation  by reference of  our report dated
February 5, 1996, which appears on page 53 of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s
1995 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in Turner
Broadcasting System,  Inc.'s Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the  year  ended
December  31, 1995 and  which report has  been incorporated by  reference in the
Current Report on Form 8-K of Time Warner Inc. dated March 21, 1997, in each  of
the following:
 

       
       1.  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471) of Time Warner Inc.

       2.  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471) filed
           on Form S-8 of Time Warner Inc.

       3.  Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471)  filed
           on Form S-8 of Time Warner Inc.

       4.  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471) filed
           on Form S-8 of Time Warner Inc.

       5.  Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471)  filed
           on Form S-8 of Time Warner Inc.

       6.  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-11471) filed
           on Form S-8 of Time Warner Inc.

       7.  Registration Statement on Form S-8  (Registration No. 333-14053) and  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1  of
           Time Warner Inc.

       8.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-14611) of Time Warner Inc.

       9.  Registration  Statements on Form S-3 (Registration No.  333-17171) of Time Warner Inc. (and Registration
           No.  333-17171-01  of  Time  Warner  Companies,  Inc.  as  to  which  the  prospectus  also  relates  to
           Post-Effective Amendment to Registration No. 33-50237 of Time Warner Companies, Inc.)

      10.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-61497) of Time Warner Companies, Inc.

 
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March 21, 1997