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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There's an awful lot of superfluous news, the pervert of the day and someone that shot seven people at a fraternity party. Who needs it all?
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The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.
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I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out.
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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.
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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
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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.
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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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If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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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.
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When you lose small businesses, you lose big ideas. People who own their own businesses are their own bosses. They are independent thinkers. They know they can't compete by imitating the big guys; they have to innovate. So they are less obsessed with earnings than they are with ideas.