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Company: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Interference, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
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Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2007
Date: February 5, 2007
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Turner Broadcasting and its marketing company agreed to pay $2 million to avoid possible litigation in connection with a bomb scare resulting from the placement of hoax devices in public places to promote a Cartoon Network series.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: media
Source of Data: Attorney General Coakley Announces $2 Million Settlement with Turner Broadcasting and Interference Inc., States News Service, February 5, 2007 (via Nexis).
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