EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF TIME WARNER INC. Set forth below are the names of certain subsidiaries, at least 50% owned, directly or indirectly, of Time Warner and TWE as of December 31, 1993. Certain subsidiaries which when considered in the aggregate would not constitute a significant subsidiary, are omitted from the list below. Indented subsidiaries are direct subsidiaries of the company under which they are indented. PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ---------------- TIME WARNER INC. (Registrant): Delaware Asiaweek Limited.............................. 80 Hong Kong Sunset Publishing Corporation................. 100 Delaware Time International Inc. ...................... 100 Delaware Time Inc.(1).................................. 100 Delaware American Family Publishers (partnership).... 50 New York Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. ............... 100 New York Entertainment Weekly, Inc. ................. 100 Delaware Little, Brown and Company (Inc.)............ 100 Massachusetts TDS Ventures, Inc. ......................... 100 Delaware Time Distribution Services, L.P. (partner- ship)...................................... 63 New York Time Customer Service, Inc. ................ 100 Delaware Time Publishing Ventures, Inc. ............. 100 Delaware Southern Progress Corporation (2)......... 100 Delaware Time Inc. Ventures.......................... 100 Delaware Health Publications, Inc. ................ 100 Delaware *Hippocrates Partners (partnership)..... 50 California TWC Ventures Inc. .......................... 100 Delaware Time Life Inc. ............................. 100 Delaware Time-Life Customer Service, Inc. ......... 100 Delaware Warner Books, Inc. ......................... 100 New York Warner Publisher Services Inc. ............. 100 New York Time TBS Holdings, Inc. ...................... 100 Delaware TW Service Holding I, L.P. (partnership)...... (3) Delaware TW Service Holding II, L.P. (partnership)..... (3) Delaware TW Programming Co. (partnership)............ (4) New York TW Transmission Co. (partnership)........... (4) New York TW Cable Service Co. (partnership).......... (4) New York E/Court Holding Co. (partnership)........... (4) New York TW/BET Holding Co. (partnership)............ (4) New York TW/Three D Holding Co. (partnership)........ (4) New York TWQ II Co. (partnership).................... (4) New York TWQ I Co., L.P. (partnership)............... (5) Delaware WCI Record Club Inc. ......................... 100(6) Delaware The Columbia House Company (partnership).... 50 New York Warner Communications Inc. ................... 100 Delaware Atari Games Corporation..................... 79 California DC Comics (partnership)..................... 50(7) New York Warner Bros. Publications Inc. ............. 100 New York Warner Bros. Music International Inc. ...... 100 Delaware Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. .......... 100 California 1 PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ---------------- WB Music Corp. ............................. 100 California W Cinemas Holding Inc. ..................... 100 Delaware W. Cinemas Inc. .......................... 100 Delaware Alpha Theatres Inc. ...................... 100 Delaware NPP Music Corp. ............................ 100 Delaware Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. ................ 100 Delaware New Chappell Inc. (8)..................... 100 Delaware Super Hype Publishing, Inc. .............. 100 New York Cotillion Music, Inc. .................... 100 Delaware Walden Music, Inc. ....................... 100 New York Summy-Birchard, Inc. ..................... 100 Wyoming Lorimar Motion Picture Management, Inc. .... 100 California E.C. Publications, Inc. .................... 100 New York WCI/Am Law Inc. ............................ 100 Delaware American Lawyer Media, L.P. .............. 83.25 Delaware Warner Music Group Inc. .................... 100 Delaware Warner Bros. Records Inc. .................. 100 Delaware Atlantic Recording Corporation............ 100 Delaware Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation....... 100 New York WEA International Inc. (9).................. 100 Delaware Warner Music Canada Ltd. .................. 100 Canada The Columbia House Company (Canada) (partnership)............................ 50 Canada Warner Special Products Inc. ............... 100 Delaware Warner Custom Music Corp. ................ 100 California WEA Manufacturing Inc. ..................... 100 Delaware Allied Record Company..................... 100 California Time Warner Limited......................... 100 U.K. Warner Music International Services Ltd. . 100 U.K. Time Warner UK Limited.................. 100 U.K. Warner Chappell Music Group (UK) Ltd. .. 100 U.K. Warner Chappell Music Limited......... 100 U.K. Magnet Music Ltd. ................... 100 U.K. Warner Music (U.K.) Limited............. 100 U.K. Ivy Hill Corporation........................ 100 Delaware Warner Cable Communications Inc. (10)....... 100 Delaware TWI Ventures Ltd. .......................... 100 Delaware American Television and Communications Corpo- ration....................................... 100(11) Delaware Capital Cablevision Systems, Inc. .......... 100 New York Memphis CATV, Inc. ......................... 100 Tennessee People's Cable Corporation.................. 100 New York American Communications Corporation......... 100 Indiana American Cablevision of Monroeville, Inc. .. 100 Pennsylvania American Digital Communications, Inc. ...... 100 Delaware ATC Cablevision of San Merino, Inc. ........ 100 California ATC Cablevision of South Pasadena, Inc. .... 100 California American Cablevision of Kansas City, Inc. .. 100 Missouri Kansas City Cable Partners (partner- ship).................................. 50(12) Colorado 2 PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ------------------ ATC Holdings II, Inc. ................... 100 Delaware ARP 113, Inc. ......................... 100 Delaware Paragon Communications (partnership)... 50(13) Colorado ATC/PPV, Inc. ........................... 100 Delaware Carolina Network Corporation............. 100 Delaware Philadelphia Community Antenna Television Company................................. 100 Pennsylvania Lower Bucks Cablevision, Inc. ......... 100 Pennsylvania Tri-County Cable Television Company.... 100 New Jersey Public Cable Company..................... 100 Maine Public Cable Company (partnership)..... 77 Maine Shows, Inc. ............................. 100 Pennsylvania Time Warner Operations Inc. ............... 100(14) Delaware HBO Film Management, Inc. ............. 100 Delaware Kremlin Productions, Inc. ............. 100 Delaware Simba Productions, Inc. ............... 100 Delaware WAC Productions, Inc. ................. 100 Delaware Running Mates, Inc. ................... 100 Delaware SUBSIDIARIES OF TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P. PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ------------------ Century Venture Corporation.................. 50 Texas Century Colorado Corp. .................... 100 Delaware Colorado Springs Cablevision, Inc. ...... 100 Delaware Colorado Springs Citizens Cable, Inc. . 100 Delaware CV of Viera Joint Venture (partnership)...... 50 Florida Erie Telecommunications, Inc. ............... 54.19 Pennsylvania Inverness/ATC Joint Venture (partnership).... 50 Colorado Time Warner Cable New Zealand Holdings Ltd. . 100(15) New Zealand Queens Inner Unity Cable System.............. 50 New York Comedy Partners, L.P. (partnership).......... 50 New York HBO Ole (partnership)........................ 50 New York HBO Ole Distribution 1 A.V.V. ............. 100 Aruba HBO Ole International/Sales Company Ltd. .. 100 British Virgin Is. HBO Ole Services S.A. ................... 100 Venezuela HBO Ole Producciones S.A. ................... 50 Venezuela HBO Direct, Inc. ............................ 100 Delaware HBO Turkey Holdings I Inc. ................ 100 Delaware HBO Turkey Holdings II Inc. ............... 100 Delaware Warner Cable of New Jersey Inc. ........... 100 Delaware Warner Cable of Vermont Inc. .............. 100 Delaware TW Buffer Inc. ............................ 100 Delaware Warner Bros. (F.E.) Inc. ................ 100 Delaware Warner Bros. (Japan) Inc. ............... 100 Delaware Warner Bros. (South) Inc. ............... 100 Delaware Warner Bros. (Transatlantic) Inc. ....... 100 Delaware Bethel Productions Inc. ............... 100 Delaware 3 PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ---------------- Warner Films Consolidated Inc. ............. 100 Delaware Exeter Distributing Inc. ................. 100 Delaware Riverside Avenue Distributing Inc. ....... 100 Delaware HBO Asia Holdings, L.P. (partnership)........... 99 HBO Pacific Partners, C.V. ................... 83.33 Neth. Antiles Home Box Office (Singapore) Pty. Ltd. ...... 100 Singapore Turner/HBO Ltd. Purpose Joint Venture (partner- ship).......................................... 50 New York Acapulco 37 S.A. de C.V. ....................... 100 Mexico Warner Bros. Beteiligungs Gesellschaft mbH...... 100 Austria Time Warner Entertainment Limited............... 100 U.K. The Bountiful Company Limited................. 50 U.K. Time Warner Entertainment (UK) Limited........ 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Consumer Products (UK) Ltd. ... 100 U.K. TWE Finance Limited......................... 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Theatres Ltd. ................. 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Distributors Ltd. ............. 100 U.K. Lorimar Telepictures International Ltd. .. 100 U.K. Warner Bros. International Television Distribution Italia S.p.A. ............ 100 Italy Terremodo Ltd. ......................... 100 U.K. Victory Film Production, Ltd. .......... 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Theatres (U.K.) Limited........ 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Investments (Pilsworth) Ltd. .................................... 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Theatres Advertising Agency Limited.................................. 100 U.K. Warner Bros. Productions Limited............ 100 U.K. Warner Home Video (U.K.) Limited............ 100 U.K. Metro Color Laboratories (U.K.) Ltd. ........... 100 U.K. Kay Holdings Ltd. ............................ 100 U.K. Metrocolor (London) Limited................. 100 U.K. Geffen Pictures (partnership)................... 50 New York Lorimar Distribution International (Canada) Corp. ......................................... 100 Canada Lorimar Canada Inc. ............................ 100 Canada Productions et Editions Cinematographiques Francaises SARL (PECF)......................... 100 France Warner Home Video France S.A. ................ 100 France Time Warner Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd. .. 100 Australia Lorimar Telepictures Pty. Limited............. 100 Australia Warner Bros. (Australia) Pty. Ltd. ........... 100 Australia Warner Holdings Australia Pty. Limited........ 100 Australia Warner Bros. Properties (Australia) Pty. Ltd. ...................................... 100 Australia Warner Bros. Theatres (Australia) Pty. Lim- ited....................................... 100 Australia Warner World Australia Pty. Limited......... 100 Australia Movie World Enterprises Partnership (part- nership)................................. 50 Australia Warner Home Video Pty. Limited................ 100 Australia Warner Bros. Video Pty. Ltd. ............... 100 Australia Warner Sea World Aviation Pty. Ltd. .......... 100 Australia Sea World Aviation Partnership (partner- ship)...................................... 50 Australia Warner Sea World Investments Pty. Limited..... 100 Australia Sari Lodge Pty. Limited..................... 50 Australia Sea World Management Pty. Ltd. ........... 100 Australia 4 PERCENTAGE STATE OR OTHER OWNED BY JURISDICTION OF IMMEDIATE INCORPORATION OR NAME PARENT ORGANIZATION ---- ---------- ---------------- Warner Sea World Operations Pty. Ltd. ........ 100 Australia Sea World Enterprises Partnership (partner- ship)...................................... 50 Australia Warner Sea World Units Pty. Ltd. ............. 100 Australia Time Warner Entertainment GmbH.................. 100 Germany Warner Bros. Deutchland Pay TV GmbH........... 100 Germany Warner Home Video GmbH........................ 100 Germany Warner Home Video Spol SRO.................. 100 Czech Republic Warner Bros. Film GmbH........................ 100 Germany Warner Bros. Film GmbH Kinobertriebe........ 100 Germany Warner Bros. Film GmbH Multiplex Cinemas Mulheim ................................... 100 Germany Time Warner Merchandising Canada Inc. .......... 100 Canada Warner Bros. Canada Inc. ....................... 100 Canada Warner Bros. Distributing (Canada) Limited...... 100 Canada Warner Home Video (Canada) Ltd. ................ 100 Canada Warner Bros. (Africa) (Pty) Ltd. ............... 100 So. Africa Warner Bros. Belgium SA/NV...................... 100 Belgium Warner Bros. (D) A/S............................ 100 Denmark Warner & Metronome Films A/S.................. 50 Denmark Warner Bros. Theatres Denmark A/S............. 100 Denmark Scala Biografome I/S (partnership).......... 50 Denmark Dagmar Teatret I/S (partnership)............ 50 Denmark Warner Bros. Film Ve Video Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. .......................................... 100 Turkey Warner Bros. Finland OY......................... 100 Finland Warner Bros. (Holland) B.V. .................... 100 Netherlands Warner Home Video (Nederland) B.V. ........... 100 Netherlands Warner Bros. Theatres (Holland) B.V. ......... 100 Netherlands Warner Bros. Holdings Sweden AB................. 100 Sweden Warner Bros. (Sweden) AB...................... 100 Sweden Warner Home Video (Sweden) AB................. 100 Sweden Warner Bros. Italia S.p.A. ..................... 100 Italy Cinema Data Service S.r.L. ................... 100 Italy Warner Entertainment Italia S.r.L. ........... 100 Italy Warner Bros. (Korea) Inc. ...................... 100 Korea Warner Bros. (Mexico) S.A. ..................... 100 Mexico Warner Bros. (N.Z.) Limited..................... 100 New Zealand Warner Home Video (N.Z.) Limited.............. 100 New Zealand Warner Bros. Norway A/S......................... 100 Norway Warner Bros. Singapore Pte. Ltd. ............... 100 Singapore Warner Home Video (Ireland) Ltd. ............... 100 Ireland Warner Home Video Portugal Lda. ................ 100 Portugal Warner-Lusomundo Sociedade Iberica de Cinemas Lda. .......................................... 50 Portugal Warner Home Video Espanola S.A. ................ 100 Spain Warner Bros. Licensing Espanola S.A. ......... 100 Spain Warner Mycal Corporation........................ 50 Japan Kabelkom Management Co. (partnership) (16)...... 50 Delaware Kabelkom Holding Co. (partnership)(16).......... 50 Delaware Quincy Jones Entertainment Company L.P. (part- nership)....................................... 50 Delaware 5 Six Flags Entertainment Cor- poration................... 100 Delaware SF Holdings Inc. ......... 100 Delaware Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. .................. 100 Delaware DC Comics (partnership)..... 50(7) New York - -------- (1) The names of five subsidiaries of Time Inc. carrying on the magazine publishing business are omitted. (2) The names of nine subsidiaries of Southern Progress Corporation carrying on the magazine or book publishing businesses are omitted. (3) The General Partners of TWE own 77.78%, Toshiba America Entertainment, Inc. owns 11.11% and Itochu Entertainment Inc. owns 11.11% (4) TW Service Holding I, L.P. owns 99% and TW Service Holding II, L.P. owns 1%. (5) American Television and Communications Corporation, Warner Cable Communications Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. are the General Partners and TW Service Holding I, L.P. and TW Service Holding II, L.P. are the Limited Partners. (6) Time Warner Inc. owns 80% and Warner Communications Inc. owns 20%. (7) Warner Communications Inc. owns 50% and Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. owns 50%. (8) The names of 16 subsidiaries of New Chappell Inc. carrying on substantially the same music publishing operations in foreign countries are omitted. (9) The names of 34 subsidiaries of WEA International Inc. carrying on substantially the same record, tape and video cassette distribution operations in foreign countries are omitted. (10) The names of seven other subsidiaries of Warner Cable Communications Inc. carrying on the cable television business are omitted. (11) Time Warner Inc. owns 86.34%, Warner Communications Inc. owns 7.8% and Time TBS Holdings, Inc. owns 5.86%. (12) American Cablevision of Kansas City, Inc. owns 49% of Kansas City Cable Partners and Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. owns 1%. (13) American Television and Communications Corporation owns 50% of Paragon Communications through two indirectly owned subsidiaries--31.09% through ATC Holdings II, Inc. and 18.91% through ARP 113, Inc. (14) Time Warner Inc. owns 87.21% and Warner Communications Inc. owns 12.79%. (15) Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. owns 99% and Time Warner Inc. owns 1%. (16) The names of 13 subsidiaries of Kabelkom Management Co. and Kabelkom Holding Co. carrying on substantially the same cable television operations in Hungary are omitted. 6