Apple reportedly considered making a bid for media giant Time Warner, owners of properties including Warner Bros. and HBO.

According to The Financial Times, Apple executive Eddy Cue proposed a deal during a meeting with Olaf Olafsson, the head of corporate strategy at Time Warner. The report also says talks of a deal were preliminary, and never involved Apple CEO Tim Cook or Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes.

Both Apple and Time Warner declined to comment.

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