Gerald Levin, Media Executive Behind Time Warner-AOL Merger Debacle, Dies at 84

Gerald M. Levin, the media executive who orchestrated the disastrous merger of Time Warner and AOL, died Wednesday. He was 84. Levin’s grandchild Jake Maia Arlow confirmed his death to the New York Times, saying that Levin died in a hospital and lived in Long Beach, Calif. While a cause of death was not disclosed, …