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                                                                      EXHIBIT 21

           SUBSIDIARIES OF TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P. AND
                      THE AOL TIME WARNER GENERAL PARTNERS

Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. ("TWE") and the AOL Time Warner General
Partners maintain numerous subsidiaries. Set forth below are the names of
certain subsidiaries, at least 50% owned, directly or indirectly, of TWE and the
AOL Time Warner General Partners, which carry on a substantial portion of TWE's
and the AOL Time Warner General Partners' lines of business. The names of
various consolidated wholly owned subsidiaries, including subsidiaries carrying
on the same line of business as the parent (including cable, filmed
entertainment, networks and music) domestically and internationally, have been
omitted. None of the foregoing omitted subsidiaries, considered either alone or
together with the other subsidiaries of its immediate parent, constitutes a
significant subsidiary.

                                                      State or Other
                                                     Jurisdiction of
                                                      Incorporation
                            Name                     or Organization
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Subsidiaries of Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.

Century Venture Corporation ..........................   Delaware
Comedy Partners, L.P. ................................   New York       (1)
Courtroom Television Network LLC .....................   New York       (1)
DC Comics ............................................   New York
Erie Telecommunications Inc ..........................   Pennsylvania   (1)
Kansas City Cable Partners ...........................   Colorado       (1)
Queens Inner Unity Cable System ......................   New York
Road Runner Holdco LLC ...............................   Delaware
The WB Television Network Parners, L.P ...............   California     (1)
The WB 100+ Station Group Partners, L.P ..............   California     (1)
Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership   New York       (1)
    CV of Viera ......................................   Florida        (1)
    Texas Cable Partners, L.P ........................   Delaware       (1)

Subsidiaries of the AOL Time Warner General Partners

American Television and Communications
Corporation (Registrant) .............................   Delaware
Warner Communications Inc(Registrant) ................   Delaware
    Alternative Distribution Alliance ................   Delaware       (1)
    Atlantic Recording Corporation ...................   Delaware
    CPP/Belwin, Inc ..................................   Delaware
    DC Comics ........................................   New York
    E.C. Publications, Inc ...........................   New York
    Elektra Entertainment Group Inc ..................   Delaware
    Ivy Hill Corporation .............................   Delaware
    London Records 90 Limited ........................   U.K.


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    London-Sire Records Inc ..........................   Delaware
    Maverick Recording Company .......................   California     (1)
    New Chappell Inc .................................   Delaware
    Rhino Entertainment Company ......................   Delaware
    Columbia House Company (Canada) Partnership ......   Canada         (1)
    Warner Bros. Music International Inc .............   Delaware
    Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc ...............   New York
    Warner Bros. Records Inc .........................   Delaware
    Warner/Chappell Music, Inc .......................   Delaware
    Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation ..............   New York
    Warner Music Canada Ltd ..........................   Canada
    Warner Music Group Inc ...........................   Delaware
    Warner Music Newco Limited .......................   U.K.
    Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp .................   California
    WB Music Corp ....................................   California
    WEA International Inc ............................   Delaware
    WEA Manufacturing Inc ............................   Delaware
    WMGA LLC (doing business as Word Entertainment) ..   Delaware

 (1) Less than 100% owned

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