European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 3, 1995 Money matters the stars and stripes Pago 25 raises antitrust concerns Washington Post Washington Federal antitrust officials uneasy about the frenzied Pace of rated a mergers say they May Challenge one aspect of time Warner tric s Possi ble takeover of Turner broadcasting sys tem inc. A 1," stressing that no decisions have been made because a time Turner Deal is still in negotiation the officials have nevertheless begun looking into whether the proposed combination of the two Compa Nies would restrict Competition in the Market for movie distribution on pay Cable networks. They note that a combined time Warner Turner would greatly increase the two companies ability to produce movies and then distribute them on wholly or partially owned pay Cable channels. The merged company would in turn be partially owned by two More companies Tele communications inc., or Sci and Seagram co. That own movie Stu Dios Cable systems and pay or Premium Cable networks. I think it raises some concerns said one senior official who asked not to be identified. When you put All these companies together you have a direct Over Lap in the movie business and an inter Locking stake in the Premium said a second official we have to look at can producer Jim Mcginnis right joins reporter Steve Young at the time Warner building in new York on wednesday. Time Warner is looking to buy can owner Tbs. Antitrust officials Are concerned that a merger of time Warner and Turner would bring together two major movie and Cable companies. Time Warner is the Parent of Warner bros., the nation s leading movie and to studio As Well As cinemas and Hob the most popular pay network. Turner owns two smaller Stu Dios new line and Castle Rock As Well As libraries of old Warner and Mem ". ,.-r- \.". Sci and Seagram would each own from 8 percent to 9 percent of the merged company As a result of their cur rent investments in Turner and time Warner respectively. Sci controls two pay Cable services encore and Starz that Are rivals to Hob and ,.cinemaxit. Also has exclusive Long term deals to air movies made by Mca inc a Universal pictures division and Walt Disney co s Hollywood Touchstone and Miramar studios. Sea Grams owns 80 percent of Mca the Par ent of the Universal film and to studio. Sci provides Cable service to about 14 million Cable to households while time Warner serves another 11 million for a total of roughly 40 percent of ail House holds receiving Cable. The government antitrust officials have begun exploring whether this Chain of ownership could work against producers seeking to distribute their films on Cable raise prices for pay Cable customers harm other companies seeking to sell movies via other technologies such As satellite or prevent companies that own rival pay Cable services such As Viacom inc s Showtime from gaining a spot on the Cable systems owned by time Warner and tgi.,. . The Federal government s antitrust enforcement responsibilities Are shared by the Justice department and the Federal Trade commission. The Etc declined to make any Public comment thursday say ing the Agency was constrained because the time Warner Turner Deal May come before it for routine antitrust review. A spokesman for the Justice department Bill Brooks also had no comment. S new soup s Woeffer than of oof Camden . A two years after putting its my m a Good slogan on the Back Burner Campbell soup is launching a new and Campaign it Hopes will be my m a the new slogan updating a Lin that has kept the nation s largest soup maker a household mainstay debuts on stateside television this week in one spot a College student gets a package from his another that includes Campbell s Tomato soup,., while a Roommate grills cheese sandwiches with an Iron. The spot closes with the line Campbell s makes everything m a m a better the company would not say How much it is spending on the Campaign. Campbell spends $40 million to $45 million annually on soup advertising. Two years ago Campbell put its my m a Good slogan aside for never underestimate the Power of soup in part because of slumping sales. Marty thrasher president of Campbell s . Soup division would not say whether the change helped. Them a m a Good slogan first aired on radio in the 1930s. Campbell has used various slogans during its 126-year history but them a Good line is by far the most memorable. Campbell controls about two thirds of the $2.6 billion soup Market with its familiar red and White can labels made even More famous by Andy Warhol s Art. Rus can ruin some windows 95 diskettes new Yorka Microsoft corp. Said thursday that some buyers of win Dows 95 have found the floppy Diskette version of the program can be ruined by a virus on their machines. Windows 95 itself does not. Carry a virus the company said windows 95 is the first major revision in five years to the program that runs the Basic functions of most personal computers. It went on Sale recently with an unprecedented Market ing Blitz for a computer product however some people have said they cannot get the program on their computers because the second of 13 diskettes halts during installation. That happens because it has been corrupted by a virus software that harms other programs Microsoft said. During installation a computer trans fers information that the customer has typed in and a custom id number to the second Diskette. A virus can move to the Diskette during that process. Unfortunately there s hot just one virus that spreads this Way said Rogers Weed group product manager for win Dows 95,. Viruses do not affect the cd rom version of windows 95, because data can Only be read from a compact disc not written to it. The company will replace life first two diskettes of windows 95 for anyone who encounters the problem. Weed suggested that people run a virus Check of their computers before in stalling the program. Such is also on the stickers of the windows 95 diskettes. 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