Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner IIIis an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1938
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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Every day we are confronted with more news and information than we can handle, ... CNN Custom News will ensure that Internet users are not overwhelmed by this information.
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When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me.
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I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
responsibility cnn action
When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
struggle cnn government
It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.
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We are unaware of any fraudulent use of Ted Turner's credit cards or bank statements.
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And you can coast on that reputation for a long time but if you're going to hold that position, which I think would be the most profitable position, too, you have to earn it.
humility
If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
deal line
I don't know what the deal is ... I told my caddie, 'Tomorrow, you line me up,'
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She's one of our core artists and when we got her new CD, deciding to play it was sort of a no-brainer. She's completely traditional and considering how long it's been since her last CD, the true country fans are going to flock to it.
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She's not yet an icon. But she's approaching icon status.
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Mr. Parsons, AOLTW CEO, views Ted as a key member of the management team.