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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                            (Amendment No.   6   )*
                                          ------
                                Time Warner Inc.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                  887315 10 9
           ----------------------------------------------------------          
                                 (CUSIP Number)
                               Stephen E. Banner
                         Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
           375 Park Avenue, New York, New York  10152  (212) 572-7000
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                                Communications)

                               February 24, 1994
           ----------------------------------------------------------          
            (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [ ].  (A fee
is not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on
file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note:  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to
be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No.   887315 10 9                     Page    2   of   6    Pages
         -----------------                      --------  --------
 
1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
          THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.

2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                  (a)[ ]
 
                                                                        (b)[ ] 
 
 
3    SEC USE ONLY
 
 
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
 
          WC; 00 (see item 3)

5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
     ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                                    [ ]
 
 
 
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
          Canada
                 7     SOLE VOTING POWER

                          49,255,449
  NUMBER OF                   
   SHARES        8     SHARED VOTING POWER             
BENEFICIALLY 
  OWNED BY
    EACH         9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
  REPORTING                  
   PERSON                 49,255,449          
    WITH
                10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                 
   
11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

         49,255,449                
          
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*[ ]
   
   
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

         13.1          
          
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
   
          CO

                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
          INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE AND THE SIGNATURE  ATTESTATION
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                                                               Page 3 of 6 Pages




         Items 3 and 5 of the Statement on Schedule 13D, as amended (the 
"Schedule 13D"), filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1 of the Rules and Regulations 
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by The Seagram Company 
Ltd., a Canadian corporation ("Seagram"), relating to the Common Stock, par 
value $1.00 per share (the "Shares"), of Time Warner Inc., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Company"), are hereby amended by adding to such items the 
information set forth below:

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
         -------------------------------------------------
         Since the last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule 13D, Seagram
purchased an additional 5,021,400 Shares for aggregate consideration of
approximately $192,905,203, including commissions.  Seagram obtained the funds
for these transactions from its general corporate funds.

         As reported in the Schedule 13D, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., an    
Indiana corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Seagram ("JES"), 
intends to issue short-term promissory notes, the proceeds of which will be 
obtained for the purpose of adding to the general corporate funds available to 
Seagram in connection with holding the Shares reported as beneficially owned 
by Seagram in Item 5 hereof and for the purchase of additional Shares as 
described in the Schedule 13D.  Since the date of the filing of Amendment No. 5 
to the Statement on Schedule 13D, the outstanding amount of





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short-term promissory notes issued by JES has increased by an aggregate
principal amount of $191,516,000.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
         ------------------------------------
         (a)   As of February 25, 1994, Seagram beneficially owned an aggregate 
of 49,255,449 Shares, constituting approximately 13.1% of the total number of
Shares stated to be outstanding as of October 31, 1993 in the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1993.
All of such Shares were acquired by Seagram Inc., a Delaware corporation and an
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Seagram ("Seagram Inc."), and all of such
Shares are currently held by Seagram Inc.

         (b)   The Great-West Life Assurance Company, a Canadian corporation 
and an indirect majority owned subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada, a 
Canadian corporation of which Paul Desmarais, a director of Seagram, is the 
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder, has filed a 
Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission, disclosing investment 
discretion and voting authority over 55,600 Shares as of December 31, 1993.

         (c)   The table set forth on Schedule A contains certain information 
with respect to all transactions in the Shares effected by Seagram since the 
last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule 13D.





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                                   SIGNATURE
                                   ---------
         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and
correct.

DATED:  February 25, 1994

                                                    THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.



                                                    By:/s/ Stephen E. Banner 
                                                       ------------------------
                                                       Stephen E. Banner
                                                       Senior Executive Vice
                                                         President





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                                   SCHEDULE A
                                   ----------

         Since the last purchase of Shares reported in the Schedule 13D, Seagram
purchased Shares in open market transactions as described below.  A majority of
the purchases were made on the New York Stock Exchange, and the remainder were
made on the Midwest Stock Exchange and in the over- the-counter market.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       Per Share Purchase
                  Number of             Price (excluding
   Date        Shares Acquired       brokerage commissions)*
   ----        ---------------       ---------------------- 
   <S>          <C>                          <C>
   2/04/94         25,000                    $39.375
   2/07/94         79,200                    $39.375
   2/08/94        548,600                    $39.375
   2/09/94      1,144,000                    $38.875
   2/10/94        400,300                    $38.25
   2/11/94         70,200                    $38.125
   2/14/94          3,000                    $38.125
   2/18/94         95,500                    $38.50
   2/22/94        657,800                    $38.25
   2/23/94        346,000                    $38.125
   2/24/94        720,500                    $37.75
   2/25/94        931,300                    $37.875
</TABLE>






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*Rounded to the nearest one-eighth of one dollar.




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