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Ted Turner. Robert Edward Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, which later became TBS .
Jun 19, 2024 · Ted Turner is an American broadcasting entrepreneur, philanthropist, sportsman, and environmentalist who founded a media empire that included several television channels that he created, notably CNN. (Read Ted Turner’s Britannica entry on the U.N. Foundation.)
5 days ago · Ted Turner is best known for founding CNN, the first 24-hour news station, in 1980. After his father died in 1963, Turner took control of his father's billboard company,...
Nov 17, 2013 · He has worked for more than a decade to protect endangered species, grasslands and oceans, championed energy conservation, railed against global warming, fought to rid the world of nuclear...
Jun 10, 2013 · View CNN’s Fast Facts on Ted Turner and learn more about the life of the philanthropist, environmentalist and founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting System.
Ted Turner. Writer: WCW Monday Nitro. Ted Turner was born on November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA as Robert Edward Turner III. He is the founder of CNN, Turner Broadcast System (TBS) and Turner Network Television (TNT). He was previously married to Jane Fonda, Jane Shirley Smith and Judy Nye.
Apr 9, 2019 · In his prime as a media mogul, Ted Turner was the embodiment of disruption. From humble beginnings with a UHF-TV station in Atlanta, Turner built an empire that blazed trails in...
Jun 10, 2023 · Robert Edward (Ted) Turner. Founder, Cable News Network. Biography. Profile. Interview. Gallery. Listen to this achiever on What It Takes.
Ted Turner, who revolutionized news reporting and has done more than anyone to create a true "global village," was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1938. At the age of nine, his family...
Apr 15, 2001 · Turner is America’s largest individual landowner, with nearly two million acres, or the rough equivalent of the land area of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. He owns twenty-two...
