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How Ted Turner built CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network

From a shoestring startup in Atlanta, Ted Turner launched CNN, pioneering 24-hour cable news and transforming the global media landscape.

Ted Turner, Maverick Mogul and CNN Founder, Dies at 87

He built a "superstation" into a media empire, owned a baseball team, married Jane Fonda and donated $1 billion to the United Nations.

Ted Turner obituary

One of the great innovators of television who founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, and built a vast media empire ...

Ted Turner, TV Mogul and Philanthropist, Dies at 87

Ted Turner, the charismatic, larger-than-life figure who conquered the world of media, sports and philanthropy, has died. He ...

What is Lewy body dementia? CNN's Ted Turner opened up about illness before death

While the cause of death is not immediately available, Ted Turner, founder of CNN, was known to be battling Lewy body dementia, which actor Robin Williams also had. Turner ...

CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Ted Turner, media mogul, philanthropist and founder of CNN, died at his home near Tallahassee, Fla., on Wednesday. He was 87. CNN first reported Turner’s death, citing a news release from Turner ...