EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
     We consent to the references to our firm under the caption 'Experts' in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of Time Warner Inc.
(the 'Issuer') for the registration of $1,000,000,000 of Debt Securities of the
Issuer unconditionally guaranteed by Time Warner Companies, Inc. and Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of (i)
our reports dated February 11, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of the Issuer 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 the Issuer's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996, as amended by the Issuer's Forms 10-K/A dated March 27, 1997 and June 26,
1997, and (ii) our report dated March 8, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Cablevision Industries Corporation and
Subsidiaries, from the Issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 13,
1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
New York, New York
January 9, 1998