Several of the key media executives have looked at it.

David Green is a film director, television producer and media executive.

But one former media executive has already expressed interest in the job.

But several media executives said they had little doubt that the companies would come up with the money.

He said the idea was proposed to him by other media executives.

Still, one media executive said the reduction was not necessarily a bad thing.

The real issue, however, media executives said privately, was management control.

Turner had been a media executive known for his success in the television talk show segment of the industry.

Most media executives by now realize that their methods will have to change.

"I don't think China will become a significant part of our growth for three to five years," a top-level media executive said.