One of the great innovators of television who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and built a vast media empire
If Orson Welles’s 1941 film Citizen Kane had been made as a TV movie 60 y…
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Ted Turner
47 days ago
Surprising fate of CNN founder Ted Turner's multi-billion dollar fortune after thrice-married father-of-five died aged 87 ○
Turner founded CNN in 1980. The station was the first 24-hour cable news channel in history and widely credited with revolutionizing how Americans consume news.
Outspoken CNN founder Ted Turner dies at age 87 ○
Ted Turner was considered a pioneer in the news business, which he transformed after the launch of CNN in 1980.
CNN founder Ted Turner dead at 87 ⊖⊖
The media mogul who revolutionised news broadcasting, dies at 87; no cause of death disclosed.
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