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 October 27, 1997, in each of the following:
  
   1.   Registration Statement No. 333-11471 on Form S-4 for Time
          Warner Inc. (formerly named TW 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 and Post-Effective 
          Amendment No. 1 (Registration No. 333-14053) of Time Warner Inc.;
   8.   Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 
          333-14611) of Time Warner Inc.;
   9.   Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
          333-27265) of Time Warner Inc.;
   10.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 
          333-32813) of Time Warner Inc. and Time Warner Companies, Inc.;
   11.  Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-37827) 
          of Time Warner Inc. (and Registration No. 333-37827-01 of 
          Time Warner Companies, Inc. and prospectus also
          relates and constitutes a post-effective amendment to
          Registration No. 333-32813); and
   12.  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-61497)
          of Time Warner Companies, Inc. 
  
  
  PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
  Atlanta, Georgia
  November 3, 1997