What: AOL Time Warner and Microsoft Corp. agree to collaborate on digital media and digital rights management initiatives and settle pending litigation.
Who: Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect; and Dick Parsons, AOL Time Warner chairman and chief executive officer
When: Thursday, May 29, 2003
News conference will begin at 2:15 p.m. PDT/5:15 p.m. EDT
Transcript : Click here for a transcript of the press conference, prepared by Microsoft
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Audio Replay Information
An audio replay of the news conference will be available approximately one hour after the call has ended until 11:59 p.m. PDT/2:59 a.m. EDT, Friday, June 6, 2003.
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International (402) 998-1359
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For more information, media only:
For Microsoft:
Rapid Response Team, Waggener Edstrom, (503) 443-7070, [email protected]
For AOL Time Warner:
AOL Time Warner Corporate Communications
Ed Adler, (212) 484-6630
Kathy McKiernan, (212) 484-7454
Mia Carbonell, (212) 484-6684
For more information, broadcast media only:
Media Relations (domestic), Medialink, Derik Bazemore, (212) 812-7042, [email protected]
Media Relations (international), Global Communications & Television, (212) 339-9920, [email protected]
For more information, financial analysts only:
Krishnan Srinivasan, senior director, Microsoft Investor Relations, (425) 706-3703
John Martin, vice president, AOL Time Warner Investor Relations, (212) 484-6579
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