Team Bewkes already being assembled

The signs are getting stronger by the week that the Bewkes era at Time Warner is nearing. It is widely expected (DUH!) that the Time Warner board will announce Jeff Bewkes as CEO elect in the coming weeks putting to rest the obvious. But Jeff won't sit around and wait for that day to come. He, along with the help of current Time Warner big bear Dick Parsons may have already found Time Warner's next money man to replace the outgoing brothel regular and current Time Warner money man Wayne Pace. It is widely expected that Parsons and Bewkes will tap Time Warner Cable CFO John Martin to be the new Wayne Pace sans the regular brothel visits. Why John Martin? Word is, he knows how to talk that Wall Street talk and make spin offs work. He joined Time Warner Cable in 2005, before Time Warner Inc's 16 percent stake was spun off. Martin's skills in mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning could come in handy if Time Warner Inc decides to sell a bigger portion of the cable company. Time Warner close to naming Martin as CFO [Reuters]