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Gerald Levin

Bronx

Time Warner

First Amendment

Luce





Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off his hardline stand, at least to some extent. During the discussion of rock singing verses at last month's stockholders' meeting, Levin asserted that 'music is not the cause of society's ills' and even cited his son, a teacher in the Bronx,New York, who uses rap to communicate with students. But he talked as well about the 'balanced struggle' between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music. The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his corporate strategy. But insiders say several of them have shown their concerns in this matter. 'Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited,' says Luce. 'I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.'
列文不愿對(duì)上周的辯論做任何評(píng)論，但有跡象表明，這位董事長(zhǎng)至少在某種程度上放棄了自己強(qiáng)硬的立場(chǎng)。在上個(gè)月就搖滾樂(lè)的歌詞進(jìn)行討論的股東會(huì)議上，列文宣稱“音樂(lè)不是社會(huì)問(wèn)題的病因”，他甚至還以自己的兒子為例，他兒子是紐約州布朗克斯的一名教師，上課時(shí)用說(shuō)唱的形式與學(xué)生進(jìn)行交流。但他也談到了創(chuàng)作自由和社會(huì)責(zé)任之間要“保持平衡”的問(wèn)題，還宣布對(duì)一些可能令人反感的音樂(lè)，公司將致力于制定一套發(fā)行和標(biāo)識(shí)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 一般來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)代—華納公司的15位董事是支持列文和他為公司制定的經(jīng)營(yíng)策略的。但內(nèi)部人士透露其中幾位對(duì)此事表示擔(dān)憂。“我們中的一些人多年來(lái)一直知道，《憲法》第一修正案所規(guī)定的自由并非毫無(wú)限制”，魯斯說(shuō)，“我認(rèn)為與公司有關(guān)系的一些人可能最近才意識(shí)到這一點(diǎn)”。